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2025年10月16日 - PC-9801の結合されたRAM＋SCSIボード When I picked up the PC-9801 DO+ a while back, one included item was this SCSI board and RAM board joined to use only a single slot. It looks like it must have been a lot of work! But as the PC-9801 DO+ only has one slot, it's quite clever and beneficial. The workmanship looks neat and well done, to my amateur eye. I tested it to at least bring up the SCSI initialization screen, but I don't currently have anything to map the extended memory. 続き⇒ |
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2025年10月09日 - TALK文ツール・X1 Talk-bun Tool is a tool for the X1 that provides Japanese text to voice synthesis. It doesn't necessarily sound too natural, but creating the Japanese spoken language on an 8-bit PC is relatively easy compared to creating the English spoken language. There are about 100 unique sounds, including blends, and they can be linked together without concern for stress placement. The PC-6001mkII even had the speech generation built into the hardware. 続き⇒ |
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2025年09月18日 - SR-1000 セガデータレコーダー The SR-1000 is a data recorder designed specifically for the SC-3000 or SG-1000 with SK-1100, a keyboard expansion. You need one or the other to have the audio input/output ports to connect to the data recorder. Sega, at least in its 8-bit era, has a history of aesthetically pleasing but cheap-feeling consoles, like the plastic could crack if you look at it funny (that said, I've yet to come across a damaged console). 続き⇒ |
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2025年09月05日 - VIC-1010でVIC-1001を拡張 The VIC-1010 is a multi-port cartridge expansion device for the VIC-1001. It allows up to six cartridges to be plugged in simultaneously. Of course, the cartridges must be programmed in a way that they will work with one another, or at least be able to co-exist peacefully (not step into one another's memory space being the primary concern, I believe). So where it works well is memory expansions combined with programming expansions. 続き⇒ |
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2025年08月20日 - 2回目のシャープMZ-80B（＋その他） A while back, I found an incredibly good deal on a Sharp MZ-80B system and a host of extras. It included a dual floppy drive unit, as well as the corresponding expansion card so the computer could communicate with the drives, and a lot of floppy disks. What really struck me was how well taken care of this all was. Floppy disk collections this old in Japan almost always come bundled with at least some amount of mold, but the system, drives, and disks were all clean and working. 続き⇒ |
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2025年08月20日 - ぴゅう太ゲームアダプター The Pyuta game adapter brought (well, more likely facilitated bringing) 3D capabilities to the Tomy Pyuta. It plugs in to the expansion slot on the back on the system, and provides a second cartridge slot for the 3D titles to plug into. The 3D cartridges are physically identical to the standard cartridges. 続き⇒ |
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2025年07月30日 - 日立ベーシックマスターマーク5 Finally, after about six years of collecting, I got a Hitachi Basic Master series computer. It has a massive footprint, designed to have the monitor placed on top of it. It came in its original box, and it was shipped to me in another box (which I am thankful for!), so in order to play with it, I had to prepare to have three Basic Master-sized items out at the same time, which is no easy task in my environment. But there's no denying, it's a gorgeous machine! 続き⇒ |
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2025年07月21日 - 箱有のPC-8001 I recently picked up a complete-in-box PC-8001. It consisted of the computer, the instruction manuals, a compact BASIC reference pamphlet, monochrome video cable, CMT cable, system demo tape, and the manufacturer's warranty. It was all in great condition. 続き⇒ |
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2025年06月29日 - JOY JOY PACK There were three software packages in the Joy Joy Pack series. For a brief period, I had all three. They're a neat-looking collection. 続き⇒ |
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2025年06月18日 - JOY JOY PACK SPECIAL Despite reading the description, I didn't really know what I was getting myself into with this purchase. It's a never-opened (until now) Joy Joy Pack #3 for the MZ-1500. It contains two QuickDisks with two main games, Drol and Shooting Wars. It also came with a board game, but the board game is based on Drol, and relies on loading side B of the Drol QuickDisk.The software on side B acts as the dice and also produces in-game messages. 続き⇒ |
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