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Japanese Vintage Computer Collection


Game introductions have well surpassed 100! Take a look under the "games" menu.

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The HX-10D wasn't really on my radar, but I found a good deal on Yahoo Auctions for an odd-couple type auction. The machine was boxed and in pretty good condition, but it came with a digital RGB monitor. There is only one MSX machine that I'm aware of that can use digital RGB, and this definitely isn't it. This kind of mismatch often makes for a good deal, and this time was no exception. continued ⇒
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Hydlide for PC-8801

Planet Wars for MZ-1500

Same Uchi Game for MZ-1500

Gunman for X1

Guru Guru for X1
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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 ⇒
This has been an active week for my X1 systems. First, I picked up a set of two external floppy drives. There was a disk stuck in one of them, and it wouldn’t come out by conventional methods. Upon opening it, I saw that drive head was in the down position and wouldn’t come up either by the drive lever or gentle force. So I began the very technical task of poking my finger at various things, and eventually found whatever it was waiting for and it sprang back up. continued ⇒
Now I will take the opportunity to post about my X68000 Expert itself. As I mentioned in my previous post, which details the various stops along the way of getting an X68000, this was a serviced and guaranteed working system, meaning it was not cheap. But these are such problem-prone machines I wanted to have the best chance possible of continued operation. continued ⇒
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