>There is always some loss of information, an exact 1-on-1 translation is
>impossible between natural languages.
Disagreed. Some ways of saying something might be slightly different, but
the thing that is being said is quite well translatable in another language,
even if the difference is as huge as the one between Japanese and English.
>You wrote yourself that the Japanese
>version was "quite unclear".
True. So there was no loss of information. It was just 'quite unclear', as
was the English version, like some already remarked.
>The most important step is Frontline -> Ikeda, this is a real
>transformation of information. But, since Ikeda seems quite close to
>Frontline, information loss may not be severe.
That is quite a contradiction, you write there :)
>I haven't read MSX Magazine. Is there an announcement from ASCII in it?
Can't remember exactly, but only the fact that a company like ASCII is
suddenly starting to support a dead system like MSX once again, is somewhat
obscure. Probably, there is some reason for it.
>What is strange in my view, is that although there is much activity
>(announcements, ASCII-sponored MSX fair, MSX Magazine), there is still a
>lot of uncertainty about the part of the project that is most important:
>the machine itself.
Possibly. The only thing we can do is wait and see. I just hate all those
messages that try to dishonour the project even before started with. You
don't do any good by doing something like that.
>And what is the intended audience? I don't think the existing MSX public
>will buy enough machines on its own (unless the new machine would be far
>superior to the turbo R). Do they aim at children who want to learn how to
>program? Do they aim at gamers who prefer 80's games to today's 3D stuff?
>Do they aim at hardware enthousiasts, who want to connect their home-made
>devices to their computer?
In my opinion, the main thing to be achieved, is that non-MSX-users will be
confronted with the system once again. And in a way in which many of them
might even consider buying one.
Rieks.
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