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2024年09月18日 - シャープ X68030 This article covers two X68030s: one that didn't work properly from the get-go, I poured a lot of money into it, and it still didn't work right, and the other that did work properly right off the bat, but cost a lot of money anyway. 続き⇒ |
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2024年09月12日 - ソニー HB-T7 The Sony HB-T7 is a fairly introductory-level MSX2 machine, but it decidedly had its own twist. It was one of few machines that specifically targeted computer telecommunications enthusiasts. It had a dial-up modem before much of the general population was aware of what the Internet was. BBS fans or those interested in taking advantage of very specific services, I guess. It has a high-tech look to it with its sleek black and grey theme and translucent red covers for LED indicators that I couldn't really use. 続き⇒ |
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2024年09月01日 - NEC PC-8001mkII I've been picking up a few computers recently, mostly MSX, that I don't really intend to keep but I think are unique enough that I want to give them a test run and photograph them for the blog. The NEC PC-8001mkII is one such machine. I have the PC-8001 and PC-8001mkIISR, which is already pretty redundant, but as the aesthetics and materials are strikingly different I allow them to co-exist so far. The PC-8001mkII sits between them and lacks the tank-like build of the PC-8001, and does everything the PC-8001mkIISR does except the FM sound. Overall, it's hard to give it a permanent home with my lack of space. But it is a cool computer, and had I not gotten a reasonable deal on the SR variant, I probably would have ended up with this, as it's a lot cheaper! 続き⇒ |
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2024年08月18日 - パナソニック FS-A1 The first release of the Panasonic FS-A1 came in two colors: boring black and rad red. I mean, the black one is also quite handsome, with its orange accents, but black is pretty laid-back and unobtrusive while red is more eye-catching and statement-making. Opinions are opinions and they're all their own special treasures and all that, but Yahoo Auctions closing prices, while there are a lot of variables at play, point to the red variant being far rarer and somewhat more expensive on average. Look at it, it's easy to see the appeal! 続き⇒ |
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2024年07月20日 - 富士通FM-X Rumored to be a bit different flavor of MSX, the FM-X has been a point of curiosity for me for a while. On the heels of just missing a real bargain on one (because I failed to set an alarm), I settled for an okay deal on this one. It's quite clean, and comes with the original manual, so that sweetens the pot. 続き⇒ |
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2024年06月29日 - SONY HB-10 I got this system recently because it was a good bargain on Mercari. It arrived at my house and lay untouched for about a week because I had so many other things going on, and then I took a small vacation. When I opened it and showed a photo of it to my chat group, it was immediately spoken for. But it's such a beauty, I wanted to capture some photos of it. 続き⇒ |
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2024年06月17日 - 富士通FM-77 L4 Fairly early on in my collection, I had an FM-77. It's the successor to the FM-7, released, I believe, at the same time as the NEW7. There are four revisions of FM-77 and I don't recall which one I had, though I believe it was a D2 or L2. At the time I couldn't get it to work, but there was much I didn't understand back then, so perhaps it was through no fault of the machine. Although I couldn't use it, one thing that stuck out for me was that I loved the feel of the keyboard. It is perhaps the best one I've used in my collection. It's not clicky, which I tend to like, but it has a satisfying clang sound when you strike a key. In any event, I didn't really have the idea to blog about it at the time, so I just quietly sold it off, hopefully into more capable hands. 続き⇒ |
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2024年05月24日 - 日立MB-H3 The Hitachi MB-H3 is one of the most unique MSX machines I've run into. It is an early MSX2 machine with a slightly unusual aesthetic. 続き⇒ |
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2024年05月11日 - 三菱MULTI8 Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later; if a Japanese company made an 8-bit computer, I'm more than likely going to want to try it out. This time, I came across the Mitsubishi Multi8. It was far from a success, after the release of this, Mitsubishi chased the MSX market instead of continuing with their own unique 8-bit offerings. There was also a namesake successor, the Multi16, I don't know much about that one but it apparently wasn't compatible with the Multi8. 続き⇒ |
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2024年04月24日 - ソード M203 マークIII I got this unique machine and thought it was absolutely gorgeous, but I wasn't able to do much with it. It came with a monitor and floppy drives, and when I powered it on it didn't display anything, and that left a lot of uncertainties. Was the monitor bad? I can't easily connect anything else to it. Was the computer bad? I can't easily connect another monitor to it. Were both the monitor and computer fine, but required the original boot disks before anything would be displayed? Good luck finding those. And for all of its lack of functionality, it was also huge. 続き⇒ |
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