Mid eighties was a fine time for MSX revelations, lots of new companies jumped on board to deliver fresh 8-bit magic. Dutch hardware designer Martin de Jong was one of those pioneers for the system. Having developed both hardware and software for Dutch companies Micro Technology and Aackosoft, this gentle man has some good stories to tell. Bas Kornalijnslijper got him to talk in a recorded video-interview.
Perhaps you remember the days dialing into a BBS, for you youngsters, that's a bulletin board system , using an MSX with a modem hooked onto a telephone line. Good chance that this modem was a MT-telecom device. That device from Micro Technology (MT) was designed by Dutch MSX veteran Martin de Jong. In fact, most MT devices where from his hand. MRC user RepairBas, or Bas Kornalijnslijper, looked him up and took place on his couch for a chat.
Right there, he got Martin to talk about his MSX days and recorded the interview for Bas his YouTube channel. The interview is in the Dutch language, since both parties are Duchies. Perhaps a proper subtitle track will be added, otherwise use the auto-generated caption. Martin takes Bas through a trip down memory lane telling about his first build computer, his involvement in Dutch MSX publishers Aackosoft and Micro Technology (MT).
Martin tells stories about his first developed computer call the Aster computer, and other hardware projects. When he got involved with the MSX computer standard, he remember joining Aackosoft to do low-level assembly programming. He mentioned one of his code pieces would involve a PSG sample player, which later provided for the well known "OH SHIT!" speech sample in a Pac-Man clone game. The list of games from Aackosoft, and sub parties, is endless and Martin was involved in many of them.
When he later joined MT, short for Micro Technology, he mainly designed MSX hardware cartridges. Amongst the earlier mentioned modem MT-telecom and MT-telcom II, the company had MT-debug, MT-base and other well known hardware on their credit list as well. In more recent history, Martin designed smartphone and spacecraft hardware.
Bas Kornalijnslijper his YouTube channel is a growing gallery of MSX awesomeness. Besides this new interview video, you can find instructions to save old hardware from failure, upgrade existing MSX machines, old videos from the MSX prime years, fairs, and other MSX related videos. A great source of information.
Relevant link: Interview with Martin de Jong
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