Hi, Although you mentioned a lot of facts, there was no answer for me.
According to the features you written, new MSX is on my desk. An XScale (Intel/ARM) -based small computer... It has a USB port of course... and Linux is being ported now... The important fact is that I cannot feel fun with that board... I don't like to make something for that board... So I need another board/computer to feel fun... although you have a MSX machine for you... that will be not functional soon, like my MSX (T.T) I need "OLD technology-based but NEW" machine... That is my small conclusion. Greetings, Jun. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurens Holst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 3:11 AM Subject: Re: [MSX] MSX without slots? > Hi Jun, > > The difference with your PC?? There are a lot of differences. The 'new MSX' > is supposed to become a very cheap machine, say, only 200 euros for certain > models, and its size can range from desktop model to pocket model (PDA-like, > which I like in particular). It will have wireless communication facilities > built-in (wifi, bluetooth, etc), and it will be based on a powerful ARM > processor. The hardware will amongst others probably have a reprogrammable > FPGA chip which you can basically let become everything you want. There are > more cool features but I don't really recall them from memory right now. > Anyways, you should really take a look at this report on www.msx.org about > Nishi's speech on the Tilburg fair: > http://www.msx.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Subjects&file=index&req=viewp > age&pageid=3 > > As for the rest, there is more than nice specs alone. At the moment, the > 'common PC' is a huge bulky machine, with lots of legacy limitations, etc, > and a lot of things are far from standardized. The 'new MSX' will not so > much be a new MSX as far as pure backwards compatibility is concerned (after > all, even the processors aren't compatible - ARM vs. Z80 - it must be > emulated), but the main idea of it is to carry on the 'MSX philosophy'. MSX > philosophy means standardization, cooperation between firms, Basic builtin, > etcetera, etcetera. Also introduced are simplicity and compactness (hence, > the 'one-chip-msx' idea). Nishi can also already imagine the one-chip-msx be > built in machines like refrigurators, or even shoes! > > Anyways if you plainly stick to creating a new MSX entirely on the old > basis, that will never be a commercial success of any kind, which is > ofcourse what a commercial firm like ASCII wants in the first place. Also, I > personally think that *if* people are creating a new MSX computer, they > should do it the good way and not stick too much to the old limitations. It > is a *new* (msx) computer, after all, and 10 years have passed since the > last MSX model. The world and the technologies have changed a lot in that > time. If I want to use old hardware for the fun of it, I don't need a new > msx, I've got one already. > > Oh, and last but not least, some of what I said might not entirely be > correct, but alas... I am just an innocent bystander like everyone else, so > I don't know the exact details, progress and changes in the plans ^_^. > > > ~Grauw > > _______________________________________________ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
