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Its here.... I don't have all the parts yet...

Wow, that was quick and here was me playing with my hx-10 earlier when you were having fun building your TFMSX.

That's the leanest looking MSX I've ever seen!

You might have mentioned this before, but does it support the V9958 as well as V9938?

Laupert wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:13 am That's the leanest looking MSX I've ever seen!

You might have mentioned this before, but does it support the V9958 as well as V9938?

I have no idea... "Literally no idea what i'm doing" is on there for a reason.

terriblefire wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:53 am I have no idea... "Literally no idea what i'm doing" is on there for a reason.

I know some MSX2's can be upgraded to MSX2+. Some MSX2s actually have the 9958 chip, but the new screen modes are not accessible from Basic. As far as I know the 9958 is backwards compatible so it should work.

It has some additional screen modes and both horizontal and vertical scroll registers, and some other minor upgrades. Some classic games actually take advantage of the new features and some games have actually been patched by community effort as well.

Will be happy to try it out when the time comes

Heh. I'd buy one. Almost certainly cheaper than a "real" MSX in this part of the world.
(Perth, Western Australia, not the other Perth)

Chesh

Well right now its a pet project.

More parts arrived..

Someone asked about powering by USB cable.... naw... for the authentic retro computer experience its gotta be a DC power jack

Looking slick.

Is the plcc socket for flash mem / bios ?

Gooeyblob wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:04 pm Looking slick.

Is the plcc socket for flash mem / bios ?

Its for an up to 256K ROM which can be banked anywhere by the CPLD. Unfortunately i'm a dumbass and bought 3.3v roms