VG-8240

Ascended (19466)

20-12-2005, 19:41

Hi all,

I got hold of a photo from the Philips VG-8240, thanks to Philip Weiss!

It seems it's basically a 8230 with superimpose. But I think it's very weird that it doesn't have the "MSX2" logo! It just says MSX!
It may very well be one of the very first MSX2 prototypes anyway.

Here's the picture:

www.funet.fi/pub/msx/photos/hardware/Philips_VG-8240_1.jpg

I also scanned this picture of it once, in which the superimpose was probably used to display video content from CD-ROM on it (a bit like the laserdisk player setups from Pioneer and Sony):

www.funet.fi/pub/msx/photos/hardware/Philips_VG-8240_with_CD-ROM-system.jpg

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Ascended (19466)

20-12-2005, 20:06

Spot the subtle differences with the 8230 case

Ascended (15187)

20-12-2005, 20:11

1) [the bleedin' obvious] Superimpose button!

Ascended (19466)

20-12-2005, 20:28

2) the superimpose in stead of FDD BUSY led!

Paragon (1217)

20-12-2005, 20:33

3) Light gray reset button

Resident (62)

20-12-2005, 21:33

4) No red/orange arrows on the cursor keys.

Ascended (19466)

20-12-2005, 23:29

5) (as said in the original post "2" missing after the MSX logo

Hero (608)

21-12-2005, 00:17

The case is not like the 35 becourse no cooling strips at the top.
And i think its a msx 1 look at the rom size

By msd

Paragon (1515)

21-12-2005, 08:10

rom size 64KB.. .That doesn't seem to be a MSX1

Ascended (8263)

21-12-2005, 09:20

'8240' instead of '8235' on the top

Paragon (1902)

21-12-2005, 09:57

VG instead of NMS