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2025-07-30 - Hitachi Basic Master Mark 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! continued ⇒ |
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2025-07-21 - Boxed 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. continued ⇒ |
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2025-06-29 - 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. continued ⇒ |
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2025-06-18 - 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. continued ⇒ |
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2025-06-15 - Joy Joy Pack 2 This is the second of three Joy Joy Packs. As its predecessor, it is a nicely presented, although cheaply packaged, collection of six QuickDisks containing utilities, study material, and a single QuickDisk with two games. Although it is cheaply packaged, the way in which it is cheaply packaged was changed quite a bit, and the end result was slightly better. continued ⇒ |
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2025-04-16 - Sega SC-3000H I've had a couple of different SC-3000s, with specs varying by color only (originally I had black, now I have red). I recently grabbed an SC-3000H because a) it is a different color (white) and b) it was quite a reasonable price compared to others I'd seen. continued ⇒ |
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2025-04-15 - Tomy TV Fun 601 When I saw the Tomy TV Fun 601 on Mercari, I thought it was a pretty handsome machine, but after looking a bit more, I see the previous version of the TV Fun was actually much more sophisticated-looking with its wood grain case and silver knobs. But this is still pretty nice-looking! continued ⇒ |
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2025-03-16 - SORD M5 CREATIVE COMPUTER I made an article about the Takara Game Pasokon a while back, but recently I came across the machine that the Game Pasokon is a clone of, the SORD m5. continued ⇒ |
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2025-03-01 - NEC PC-TV351 The PC-TV351 by NEC is a cut below the holy grail of PC-TV monitors - the PC-TV455. But actually, the difference is not that great. It has most of the same connectors; the PC-TV455 offers an extra AV input, and it shares one of those inputs with an S-video input, but if your primary goal is computers, this isn't really relevant. continued ⇒ |
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2025-03-01 - NEC PC-98DO+ The PC-98DO+ sounds good on paper. It's distinguishing point is that it can run PC-9801 and PC-8801 software from a single computer. The DO purportedly stands for "dual operation" but I just call it "PC-98 do". You know, "do", like the word, "do". I was told this is wrong and was laughed at. I was also told that the machine is incompatible with a number of games on both the PC-88 and PC-98 side. continued ⇒ |
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