On Thu, 1 Jun 2000 19:41:42 +0200 (MET DST), Manuel Bilderbeek wrote:
>Not, it's really simple: the MSX standard defines a cassette port. If the
>compputer does not have the casssetteport as described in teh sstandard (see MSX
>Technical databook), it's not an MSX...
>I thought everyone knew this by now...
I always said MSX TR are only MSX compatible... but now I have to
say something. There are FOUR "MSX" standards:
- MSX
- MSX2
- MSX2+
- MSX TR
Each of them have different specifications. The standard described by
MSX2 Technical Handbook is the MSX2 Standard. MSX standard is defined on
MSX RedBook. The 2+ standard should be defined somewhere, and the
TR standard is defined in a japanese-only book that I don't even know
the name.
The MSX and MSX2 standard defines Cassete. MSX2+ I don't know... but
TR standard not even mention cassete.
Note that MSX2 *is not* MSX. MSX2+ is not MSX nor MSX2. And MSX TR is not
MSX, nor MSX2 nor MSX2+. They are only backward compatible. COMPATIBLE. And
in almost all cases, less than 100% compatible.
When talking about MSX standard is difficult to define "what" standard. Talking
only "MSX" will reffer to MSX (1.0) standard.
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