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Luiz Eduardo de Souza Marques asked:
> (...) Somebody kown something about MSX Engine? (...)
MSX-Engine is the "MSX-in-a-chip": Z80, VDP, PSG and
probably PPI in the same capsule. One just have to put it in a
board with a video signal generator (S-VHS, compose video, RF
etc.), a power supply, memory, some plugs and auxiliar I.C.s
and "voila", a perfectly working MSX. I think turbo R has an
MSX-Engine inside. I never opened mine (not that I hadn't
tried, but that I couldn't - I was afraid to break something),
so I cannot say that for sure. Can someone with an "openable"
turbo R search for the Z80? I couldn't identify it in a
photograph from Japan MSX Magazine (that's why I think it uses
an MSX-Engine).
"Don't put all eggs in the same basket"... It's a great
thought! With all chips in a single I.C., it is impossible
to modify anything (worth). The Brazilian Expert 1.2 used the
MSX-Engine. If at least it used the MSX2 VDP...
"Then why using MSX-Engine?" The same reason for MSX2
`sprites' are not fully colourful, why it doesn't have
horizontal scrolling, why MSX-Music was not made obligatory:
final cost. MSX-Engine is cheaper than the sum of its parts.
Someone said "everything money can buy is cheap". I have to
agree. "Quality" has no price... Oh, where is MSX3...?
Note: I think there are a program or programming package
also named MSX-Engine, but I'm not sure...
... Cyberknight...
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