The WIki says that the VG 8230 was the 2nd MSX2 by Philips and the NMS 8220 the first. I think it's wrong, the 8230 was the first, the 8235 second. Not sure about the rest of the order though, but it's pretty clear when looking at the review in magazines.
Or did I miss something and is there some proof that the wiki is correct?
Iirc this one has the oscillators for all the modes (640x480) can't be used on the gfx9000. Also this board has 256KB rom with char sets, which the v9990 has a special command for
Maxis,
Thank you very much! If you can take better pictures of the two faces I'll be very happy. (Particularly for the interface I thought homemade but it is not the case)
msxtrd wrote:
Hmm..something like kanji rom?
The ROM was scheduled as standard, but Sunrise withdrew it to make a cheaper cartridge.
Maxis,
Thank you very much! If you can take better pictures of the two faces I'll be very happy. (Particularly for the interface I thought homemade but it is not the case)
msxtrd wrote:
Hmm..something like kanji rom?
The ROM was scheduled as standard, but Sunrise withdrew it to make a cheaper cartridge.
The WIki says that the VG 8230 was the 2nd MSX2 by Philips and the NMS 8220 the first. I think it's wrong, the 8230 was the first, the 8235 second. Not sure about the rest of the order though, but it's pretty clear when looking at the review in magazines.
Or did I miss something and is there some proof that the wiki is correct?
I just found a Philips newsletter and it says the 8230 is available from 1-1-1986 as the first MSX2 machine.
. Did Yamaha back then, provide som demos or software kit for it? Does it work just as GFX9000 board or uses different ports...? Just curious 