Hey, haven't we seen this one before?

Par Repair-Bas

Paragon (1155)

25-02-2006, 13:36

I have one too. This is repaired by me.

Par hamlet

Scribe (4106)

06-12-2019, 15:17

I noticed, I have two, too.

Par Manuel

Ascended (18863)

06-12-2019, 18:56

Hah, fantastic I guess the thing almost tips over because of that.

Par meits

Scribe (6509)

06-12-2019, 19:48

Panasonic was not very subtile with their cartridges... A bit cartoonish even... They though the end user didn't want to see the monitor anyway

Par Pencioner

Scribe (1502)

06-12-2019, 20:14

That's true, Meits, but in this case i don't see how you can make it significantly smaller - you still have to put floppy inside (no flatcables makes it really attractive)

Par Manuel

Ascended (18863)

06-12-2019, 23:34

hamlet: did you try a Panasonic FS-CA1 into that machine?

Par hamlet

Scribe (4106)

07-12-2019, 01:46

Ja, I got to get one oneday. But I guess it is called plugin' a MX10 in a Panasonic FS-CA1.

Par sdsnatcher73

Prophet (3400)

09-12-2019, 06:05

Meits wrote:

Panasonic was not very subtile with their cartridges... A bit cartoonish even... They though the end user didn't want to see the monitor anyway

I think these were designed with their FS-A1 and FS-A1mkII in mind. These have a slot on the back and my guess is the cartridge/drive case will login up quite nicely when used in that slot on such a machine.

Par NYYRIKKI

Enlighted (5939)

09-12-2019, 12:02

hamlet wrote:

I can't help thinking, how many bytes free you get after boot on this setup? :)

Par Pencioner

Scribe (1502)

09-12-2019, 13:37

@NYYRIKKI & @hamlet - sounds like a question for the quiz, no?

Par hamlet

Scribe (4106)

09-12-2019, 14:08

i have to ckeck, but this sounds lika great idea for wednesdays quiz. So please keep your guesses secrest!

Par NYYRIKKI

Enlighted (5939)

09-12-2019, 22:53

It was a bit too easy to check on emulator, but I don't spoil the fun for you.

Par Manuel

Ascended (18863)

09-12-2019, 23:28

What about: what is the least amount of free RAM you could get in BASIC on a machine by plugging in a normal old school released pieces of hardware on a real MSX machine?

Par sdsnatcher73

Prophet (3400)

10-12-2019, 11:30

NYYRIKKI wrote:

It was a bit too easy to check on emulator, but I don't spoil the fun for you.

Yeah but now you sort of did that anyway

Par NYYRIKKI

Enlighted (5939)

10-12-2019, 23:08

sdsnatcher73 wrote:

NYYRIKKI wrote:

It was a bit too easy to check on emulator, but I don't spoil the fun for you.

Yeah but now you sort of did that anyway

Well, you still need to know what you are looking at and how you can emulate such a setup. The fact that emulators can emulate is probably not the biggest secret in 2019.