Roel de Wit wrote:
>It's been 7 years since I last was in Tilburg
>and I just went with some old 'MSX-friends' to see how things were these
>days.. I was impressed....
The fair itself wasn't really impressive this year. Ofcourse the main
attraction, Nishi's visit was :)
>I had some doubts about Nishi's presentation though... I have the feeling
>that he wants to 'market' his one-chip-solution by using the MSX 'brand'
>as marketing point (especially in Japan)..
and
>Actually I'm more exited about that one-chip idea that the idea that it
>has something to do with MSX...
MSX is more than the MSX hardware. MSX is more than the MSX software. MSX
is also a philosophy.
The one-chip MSX is like 100% MSX in philosophy, 75% MSX in software and
50% MSX in hardware. Important thing is, it will be compatible.
I had long discussions with Laurens and Tsujikawa during diner tonight and
I'm really convinced this one-chip MSX using an ARM9 core is the best thing
ever. It's truly limitless in possibilities!
>any attempt to survive (keep nearly alive) MSX could be a noble one but in
>2004 it'll be nothing more than a marketing stunt..
MSX as we know it now will remain to be alive as long as people create
software for it. Even when the one-chip MSX is released people will still
use and program the 'old architecture'.
>Some things about this... He claims they want to keep the clockrate of the
>CPU down to spare battery power, but also want people to program for the
>thingy in MSX code instead of native 'intend?' code... Seeying that a CPU
>needs to be between 10-30 times as fast as the original emulated CPU this
>seems an illogical remark..
Nishi was talking about CPU speeds of 200-600 MHz. Ofcourse the CPU speed
varies per MSX application... The MSX in your shoe or tie, doesn't have to
be as powerful as the MSX in your desktop computer. The point is, they will
both be compatible and able to communicate.
His vision is really cool.. In stead of the old 'homebus' idea's were a
central computer controls the entire house, the one-chip MSX enables every
object in the house to control itself and communicate with eachother.
Distributed computing :)
I think I can talk for hours about this! ^_^
Greetz,
Patriek
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