On Saturday 21 April 2001 22:30, you wrote:
> I've just put a (almost) complete report of what Nishi told today at the
> fair on the MSX resource center (www.msx.org).
Nice.
> If you read anything of
> which you think I misinterpreted, please let me know. (email is
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
I'll post them here instead, so other people who attended can check my
corrections.
> Nishi's goal to realize the single-chip MSX were still on, and he contacted
> Toshiba to create the chip. They accepted and made a chip which only
> integrated sound, but not video. Nishi got very angry about that and got a
> fight with Toshiba.
In addition to that, Toshiba asked license costs that were too high for
ASCII.
> Arm is going to be the CPU, Intent and Linux are the OS. MSX one-chip is
> linux all the way.
The one-chip MSX is going to have an ARM core: the ARM processor is included
as part of the IC, it's not a separate chip. The one-chip MSX runs Intend on
top of Linux, it's not Linux-only.
> Q: Did you come here just for the fair?
> A: Yes, I did (editors note: I don't think so)
Please tell us your reason for thinking that. It looks strange if you state
it this way.
> Q: They new msx has tv out, why? With radio communication we like to use
> wireless communication!
> A: We have a name (nanny) for the microcontroller, it is a nanochip with
> flash and io but no video.
I thought he was talking about a controller (like PSX pad) which is called
"Lanny" (it uses wireless LAN). But I didn't hear this part well, maybe I'm
completely wrong about this.
> Q: But what if it becomes very popular, is there no way to competition?
> A: no.
> Q: Never?
> A: I do not want to say never.
This part was specifically about competing with PC.
> Q: What will be the price of the one chip MSX?
> A: From 15/20$ to 10$
Clarification: that's for the chip itself, not the entire device. The device
would be $100 or less.
Bye,
Maarten
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