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My question is: why we have to be stuck in nostalgia? Why isn’t there today a computer with modern processors and GPU which can boot to a REPL, where you can easily interface with all the HW, for example audio and video? I wanted to do something like that for the RP400. But is more difficult that it seems…
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If it is msx it boots to basic. By definition.
You need to provide the firmware, because they aren't free to distribute. There's an open source one, but it doesn't boot to BASIC and can only be used to run cartridges. And it is because is not an MSX, it emulates one with an FPGA.
I find frustrating that this type of product (like the MSX VR some years ago), don't specify clearly what are they selling. Is it an ARM SoC? Does it have a Z80? Is it implemented with a FPGA? Yes, it says "OneChipMSX" https://www.msx.org/wiki/1chipMS but IMHO it could be clearer. If you go to http://www.8086cpu.com/MSX/103.html there's more information, but it definitely puts me off when considering one of these dev…
MSX peeps know what onechipmsx is and who would buy this if not a fan of that ancient machine?
My question is: why we have to be stuck in nostalgia? Why isn’t there today a computer with modern processors and GPU which can boot to a REPL, where you can easily interface with all the HW, for example audio and video? I wanted to do something like that for the RP400. But is more difficult that it seems…
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MSX peeps know what onechipmsx is and who would buy this if not a fan of that ancient machine?
It seems based on OneChipMSX, that is from 2006. Just with that I wouldn't really know what I'm buying.
Unless the FPGA is very limited, at least MSX2+ compatibility should be available. I would not be surprised if it could do Turbo R as well.
BTW, I wonder if there are easily available notebook shells for sensible prices that could fit a small ARM board and a reasonable screen. An RPi 5 or some of its competitors can power a lot of interesting emulators, not only for games, but for historical research and preservation.
Wonder if it can run https://www.symbos.org/
It should be able to - this is running the OneChipMSX FPGA core, and I've had SymbOS running on the MiST port of that core in the past.
I'm curious, however, how it manages disks. MSX-DOS didn't have support for subdirectories, so I'm assuming a lot of different hard disk and floppy images would end up being visible.
My MP/M emulated Altair Docker image has 8 1MB floppies and 2 5MB hard disks. And, of course, no subdirectories (unless you count USER areas).
Genuine question: is this actually useful without a cartridge slot? I thought that the MSX kind of depended on cartridges.
It has slots. But anyway you do bot need slots at all. MSX was mostly tapes at that time. I’m sure there is either a simulator, or you can generate the sound from binary files.
Most MSX2 machines had built-in floppies and the software made for them tended to depend on them.
This looks delightful. Is it possible to get it to boot to BASIC? I really want to get my son something which looks like daddy's laptop but recreates some of the early joys of that level of computing.
If it is msx it boots to basic. By definition.
I think. It's been a very long time.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It seems based on OneChipMSX, that is from 2006. Just with that I wouldn't really know what I'm buying.
I'd assume it's an FPGA, as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1chipMSX Unless the FPGA is very limited, at least MSX2+ compatibility should be available. I would not be surprised if it could do Turbo R as well. BTW, I wonder if there are easily available notebook shells for sensible prices that could fit a small ARM board and a reasonable screen. An RPi 5 or some of its competitors can power a lot of interesting emul…
Wonder if it can run https://www.symbos.org/