I'm planning of buying this thing, but i can't find any info on it fron the net. The things that i'd like to know are:

-Does it have a built in power supply?
-What kind of video and audio connectors does it have?
-Can it play all MSX2 carts?

Please help me fast, the auction won't wait!

It is a standard MSX-2 Phlips machine, so yes, it will play all.

It does NOT have a diskdrive builtin.

See http://faq.msxnet.org

I already looked from that site and it doesn't seem to have the info about the connectors (RCA or DIN for composite video?) and it doesn't say if the power supply is built in or not.

RCA and DIN AFAIK.... RF signal as an output and DIN out...no scart
but has msx designer by a koene built in
power supply is built in.
No composite out

Shite, that's it then. I'm not going to buy that machine, because getting a decent composite/RGB cable for it will cost as much as the machine itself. Hopefully there will be a MSX2 with RCA composite out and a decent price on eBay soon.

Stop the press! I just heard from the seller that this particular machine has a SCART-connector. I guess there are different revisions.

It does have DIN and SCART connectors; making a DIY cable for it is reasonably simple. And not very expensive, too, at least, if you can get hold of the connectors in the country where you live.

Buying the parts is never a problem, but making a working cable out of them with my soldering skills is quite impossible.

Well, usually AUDIO, VIDEO and GROUND will do the trick... Hardly difficult... If you're really lazy you can even just stuff the wires in the appropriate holes... That's always worked for me

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Well, usually AUDIO, VIDEO and GROUND will do the trick... Hardly difficult... If you're really lazy you can even just stuff the wires in the appropriate holes... That's always worked for me

I will have to try that someday, but this time i should be able the get a picture out of the machine (if i get it).

hey,and msx designer built in

also there are din cables that split to composite "tulip" cables...2 audio 1 video...

Ehh but still the least attractive philips msx2...not much memory as I remember... looks like the 8020 but then grey with orange on it

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Ehh but still the least attractive philips msx2...not much memory as I remember... looks like the 8020 but then grey with orange on it

Yep, but it's attractively priced and i only use MSX's to play carts, so it doesn't really matter. I also hate 3.5" disks, because they just keep losing all their data, so i have no need for a disk drive either. And after all, it's A LOT better than the SVI-728 that i'm currently using, the damn thing won't even play all the sounds from Nemesis 2.

And if i wan't to get a better MSX2 someday, i will be able to sell this machine here in Finland with a minimum of 100% profit. There hasn't been an MSX2 for sale on finnish auctions for almost two years, so they are pretty wanted at the moment. Even getting a decent non-SVI MSX has been pretty hard lately.

EDIT: Damn! I just lost the auction. Went too high for me as shipping alone is 21e and i have better use for my money. Someone seems to want this machine pretty badly.

hmmm strange....try the dutch ebay or marktplaats.nl ask an older brother or parent to help you translate the pages