<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - MSX Music]]> 2010-02-03T23:15:44Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/207/msx-music/ <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> Oy, my bad!  I was looking at another page when I posted that.  My bad! tongue

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Theta_Frost 2010-02-03T23:15:44Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8832/#p8832 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> Wait, what has FM PAC or MUSIc MODULE built in? The FS-A1F doesn't. Even less the FS-A1. So don't buy thinking they do.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-02-03T01:02:56Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8601/#p8601 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> nah, fm pac built in. not the music module. That's only a separate cart.
bear in mind that the fm pac only has 1 custom voice.
The 7mhz upgrade imo is unnecessary. I always did all music with
the standard ones, works fine realy.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/poke-1%2C170 2010-02-03T00:53:13Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8598/#p8598 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> Sounds great!  I plan on uprgrading the RAM anyways and the 7mhz upgrade.  Love the look and form factor of this!  Plus it has the music module built in!  Going to try and pick this up soon!  Thanks man! smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Theta_Frost 2010-02-03T00:31:35Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8596/#p8596 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> The FS-A1F has 128KB of VRAM but 64KB of RAM. The Phillips has 128KB of RAM and VRAM.
I don't know why it was built like that, the standard is more or less 128KB of RAM. Some shit might not work with only 64KB. I never found a problem though but then again I haven't used mine that much.

ADVANTAGE OF THE FS-A1F: RGB output, it seems! You could connect it to any RGB monitor and get a crisp image.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-02-02T22:13:15Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8573/#p8573 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> akira^8GB wrote:

What Boomlinde said is correct. Get a japanese MSX.
BRazilian MSXs are NTSC (Brazil uses both PAL-M and NTSC, also both 110V and 220V)

Look, this is almost the one I have, it's a cool machine (one of my favourite-looking MSXes):
http://cgi.ebay.com/Import-JP-Panasonic … 1241wt_941

There's also a F1A (no disk drive):
http://cgi.ebay.com/MSX-console-PANASON … 45f0a1a083

An MSX1 (I had this one too, it's cool):
http://cgi.ebay.com/MSX-Console-SONY-HB … 45f0a1a096

And if you are rich:
http://cgi.ebay.com/JP-Panasonic-FSA1-G … _877wt_941

Does that first one have the same specs as the one I mentioned?  With shipping its still a little pricey, but hey nothings free! wink

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Theta_Frost 2010-02-02T22:03:04Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8567/#p8567 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> What do you think is the cheapest/easiest to obtain MSX out there?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arlen 2010-02-02T14:55:14Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8416/#p8416 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> What do you expect to pay for fine computer material from the 80s and from japan? xD
This is only fair. An F-1AF for 200 is a fair price. I paid 90 for mine but that was like 9 years ago.
The Turbo Rs have stayed in the same price range though, they always costed about this much.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-02-02T14:51:23Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8413/#p8413 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> @_@ so expensive!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arlen 2010-02-02T14:43:23Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8411/#p8411 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> What Boomlinde said is correct. Get a japanese MSX.
BRazilian MSXs are NTSC (Brazil uses both PAL-M and NTSC, also both 110V and 220V)

Look, this is almost the one I have, it's a cool machine (one of my favourite-looking MSXes):
http://cgi.ebay.com/Import-JP-Panasonic … 1241wt_941

There's also a F1A (no disk drive):
http://cgi.ebay.com/MSX-console-PANASON … 45f0a1a083

An MSX1 (I had this one too, it's cool):
http://cgi.ebay.com/MSX-Console-SONY-HB … 45f0a1a096

And if you are rich:
http://cgi.ebay.com/JP-Panasonic-FSA1-G … _877wt_941

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-02-02T14:27:20Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8408/#p8408 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> USB disk drive
SCC flash cart

I think there'll be a whole lot of trouble getting it set up in NTSC-land, too. The monitor connector is either PAL RCA (comparably bad quality) or RGB through a SCART connector (good quality, but as far as I understand SCART is pretty much unheard of over where you are). Then of course you'll have to step the voltage up to 230 V or so.

My idea is that you should check with Japanese or maybe Brazilian sellers (Japanese MSX computers use NTSC and 110 V AFAIK, and maybe Brazilian, too unless they are PAL-M. Check with the amigos on this forum about that!).

About the case, I personally love it!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/boomlinde 2010-02-02T13:19:14Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8393/#p8393 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> Ouch!  Yeah it was Bas' site.  I'm not the biggest fan of its form factor but I'm a case modder so I could work around it.  I'll check shipping...
Where did you get some of your other hardware as well?  (i.e. USB disk drive and SCC flashcart)

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Theta_Frost 2010-02-01T23:36:02Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8328/#p8328 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> I have an 8250 here, and it's great. I'm guessing you found it on Bas' MSX site. As for Franky, you'll probably need a 512kb memory expansion to make the most of it (i.e. load most converted Master System games).

The shipping to Sweden was another €45, so I'm guessing that it'll be hefty to get it outside Europe. I think it was definitely worth the €90 total I paid, though, and I've made a couple of tracks with it already. Along with I bought a $20 USB disk drive for file exchange, €20 FM-PAC and an SCC flash cartridge mainly for games (€60 or so)

]]> https://chipmusic.org/boomlinde 2010-02-01T19:45:21Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8279/#p8279 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> Theta_Frost wrote:

I found a site that would sell me a Philips NMS 8250 for about 50 euros.  It has some minor mods that fix the sound output and have fastrom modification.(?)  Would that be a good deal to get started with MSX music?  I'm really only interested in PSG + SCC, however some FM could be nice but I have other FM solutions.  I'm also excited for Franky support!

Shipping to the US might be pretty painful, quite likely more than the value of the MSX (assuming it's in Europe from the € price), so watch out for that! sad

]]> https://chipmusic.org/ant1 2010-02-01T11:55:45Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8191/#p8191 <![CDATA[Re: MSX Music]]> I will let the C-Men chip in with advice, but that sounds like a good machine.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2010-02-01T11:42:24Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/8189/#p8189