At 11:10 AM 06/13/98 +0200, you wrote:
>What is the best option? It is really much better the TR than the MSX2+? The
>"problem" I see is that there are few programs for TR. And also that
>MSX-DOS2, needed for the HD interface, is included in the SCSI interface of
>Leonardo Padial.
The R800 speed is quite usefull. The other extras are less necessary in my
opinion.
The main advantage of a turbo R is that you have a LOT of extras already in
the machine. Before I bought a GT, I had a 8250 (MSX2, 128K RAM). So with
GT I got:
- more speed (no need for 7MHz upgrade for my 8250)
- MSX2+ VDP
- MSX-MUSIC internally
- DOS2 internally
- 512K RAM internally
- PCM sampling, kanji ROM, MIDI interface etc (all less important to me)
So I saved a lot of upgrades and also a slot expander (that's why I
mentioned "internally" several times).
I guess it depends most on what upgrades are already in your MSX2+. If you
do it just for the turbo-R only software, I think it's not really worth it.
But you can also see a turbo R as "a very complete MSX machine".
About the HD interface:
DOS2 in the interface can be a serious problem. However, there are other
interfaces (like Mega-SCSI) that work very well on turbo R.
I think the worst problem about turbo R is the disk drive: it breaks down
too soon and is very diffucult to replace.
Bye,
Maarten
****
MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put
in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the
quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
****
