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Argon
msx professional
Berichten: 842 |  Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 11:55 |
Does anybody know which MSX model was the very first MSX to be sold on the market ?
Did ASCII make any MSX computers ? If so, the very first model should have been theirs ?
Thanks you.
Kris
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djh1697
msx professional
Berichten: 551 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 12:46 |
I think it was a Sony or Toshiba machine - but that comes from a long lost memory that i had of an interview with Nishi in a UK MSX magazine
ASCII laid down the specification, they didnt make a commercial machine. Did MicroSoft make PC's to run MS-DOS?
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Argon
msx professional
Berichten: 842 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 12:51 |
So, Sony or Toshiba, hmmm...
Maybe the Toshiba HX-10 ?
It is one of the most common systems in both Japan and Europe...
In Japan it's also known as Toshiba Pasopia (IQ).
K.
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wolf_
online
msx legend
Berichten: 4777 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 13:32 |
the toshiba hx-10 came with 64k mem.. I doubt the first msx had that much ram ..
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Argon
msx professional
Berichten: 842 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 14:06 |
Hmmm, that's true...
Any other ideas ?
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Ivan
msx professional
Berichten: 907 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 14:51 |
I believe that more than one company released MSX1s at the same time. I don't know which one arrived to shops first, though.
The first ones could be Fujitsu FM-X, Canon V8/V10, Casio MX-10/MX-101, General Paxon series, Hitachi MB-H1, Victor HC-6, Mitsubishi ML-8000, National/Panasonic CF-1200, Sanyo MPC-2, Sony HB-55, Toshiba HX-10 and the Yamaha CX-5 amongst others.
Check http://faq.msxnet.org/hardware.html for pictures. |
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Jazzy
msx addict
Berichten: 411 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 15:14 |
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| I believe that more than one company released MSX1s at the same time. I don't know which one arrived to shops first, though.
The first ones could be Fujitsu FM-X, Canon V8/V10, Casio MX-10/MX-101, General Paxon series, Hitachi MB-H1, Victor HC-6, Mitsubishi ML-8000, National/Panasonic CF-1200, Sanyo MPC-2, Sony HB-55, Toshiba HX-10 and the Yamaha CX-5 amongst others
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Based on what? |
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Ivan
msx professional
Berichten: 907 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 15:17 |
On their amount of memory (only 16/32 Kbytes of RAM).
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Jazzy
msx addict
Berichten: 411 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 15:33 |
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| On their amount of memory (only 16/32 Kbytes of RAM).
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Okay, but most of these computers are quite special machines with all kinds of extras. For example, the Paxon is a MSX with built-in monitor, the Hitachi MB-H1 has built-in software, etc. |
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Ivan
msx professional
Berichten: 907 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 15:52 |
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| Okay, but most of these computers are quite special machines with all kinds of extras. For example, the Paxon is a MSX with built-in monitor, the Hitachi MB-H1 has built-in software, etc.
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The General Paxon MSXes are rare. But we are not talking about the rarity of the machines.
The other were common machines in Japan and quite a lot of them where sold outside Japan (For instance: Sony HB-55, Panasonic CF-1200, Casio MX series, Toshiba HX-10, ... where sold in Spain). |
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Ivan
msx professional
Berichten: 907 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 15:53 |
Remove the 'h' in the "where"  |
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Jazzy
msx addict
Berichten: 411 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 16:04 |
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| >>Okay, but most of these computers are quite special machines with all kinds of extras. For example, the Paxon is a MSX with built-in monitor, the Hitachi MB-H1 has built-in software, etc.<<
The General Paxon MSXes are rare. But we are not talking about the rarity of the machines.
The other were common machines in Japan and quite a lot of them where sold outside Japan (For instance: Sony HB-55, Panasonic CF-1200, Casio MX series, Toshiba HX-10, ... where sold in Spain).
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I know, but I doubt if these special machines were the first ones. Most of the special machines are 'enhanced' versions of the excisting populair models.
And so the search for the first MSX continues... |
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Ivan
msx professional
Berichten: 907 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 16:13 |
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Argon
msx professional
Berichten: 842 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 16:54 |
[OFF TOPIC]
Yeepz, Jetze, are you going to Oss 2004 ?
Greetz.
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GuyveR800
msx guru
Berichten: 3048 | Geplaatst: 31 December 2003, 21:18 |
Wasn't it the Sony HB-10?
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