I never knew Sony made a cyberdeck
Good god I want one so bad!
@thegibson ditto
I can’t believe this is the first time I’ve seen one.
@requiem I’ve know about them for a while, never seen one in person though.
@thegibson
Someone should get one, rip out the Z80 and replace it with a Z180 or a compatible successor. Heck, maybe add a Z80000 chip just for funsies, because, why do when you can overdo?
Then rip out the 9938 VDP and replace *that* with a 9978, to get all the latest graphics modes and such.
@requiem
@vertigo why rip out the VDP when you can already slot in a Sunrise #Graphics9000 or #Tecnobytes #V9990 #Powergraph; both expansion cards based on the #Yamaha #V9978 VDP?
https://www.msx.org/wiki/Yamaha_V9990
https://www.msx.org/wiki/Sunrise_GFX9000
This expandability was one of the beautiful things of the #MSX standards.
And while my #Philips #NMS8250 #MSX2 isn't as pretty as this one, I definitely have fond memories of growing up with it.
@thegibson @requiem
@FiXato
Precisely because it's a cartridge. That makes the hardware prone to breakage, and blocks the port from other peripherals you might want to use. The VDP sits at a different I/O location, so system firmware can't talk to it. Etc.
Replacing the VDP internally fixes two of these three issues (and a ROM swap the third).
If the MSX had a proper expansion backplane rather than an unsecured port, I'd go that route.
@thegibson @requiem
@thegibson @vertigo @FiXato I agree with the cheating point.
OTOH I could probably cram a fully-loaded Clusterboard in there...
@thegibson @FiXato @requiem 1st and 2nd generation RX-7s have plenty of room to do such things with. 3rd gen RX-7s, not so much unless you don't mind eating into the cabin or cargo space somewhat. ;)
@thegibson @FiXato @requiem Owned a 1980, drove a 1984, owned a 1985, and drove a 1992. And let me tell you, the 1992 was a HOOOOOT. If you *sneezed*, you risked a speeding ticket.
@thegibson @FiXato @requiem Of course, watching people's eyes pop out of their head when you show them the engine is barely larger than a 13" CRT computer monitor was always a blast too.
@thegibson @FiXato @requiem They thought the car had a diesel, or are they referring to the Wankel itself as a turbo for a diesel?
@thegibson @FiXato @requiem To be fair, I think SAAB at one time did look into using a Wankel-configuration supercharger for their diesels. It's not *too* far from the truth. ;D
@thegibson
Yes, but that's cheating. That's like buying an RX-7 only to put an LS or LT engine in it. Kind of defeats the point. 😜😏
@FiXato @requiem