Information on early MSX models (1983)

Supporter (15)

11-04-2014, 00:05

Hello all!

Does anyone have any information about which were the first MSX models (i.e., launched in 1983), preferably with references ? I'm conducting an academic research on the MSX platform and I really need this information. I've already searched for this information on the web, to no avail.

I appreciate a lot if anyone can shine a light on this subject.

Thanks in advance, best,

Emmanoel Ferreira
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ログイン/登録して投稿

By cklayman

Champion (294)

11-04-2014, 04:33

Some information on MSX history and early days is available in a book by Robert Chapman Wood "The MSX Standard: The New Computers". The book itself is here: http://msx.ebsoft.fr/The_MSX_standard-The_New_Computers.pdf
There is also some info on "MSX prototype" on MSXPro wesite (I think he is also from Brazil) but I do not think it is very accurate. I think after Spectravideo several major Japanese manufacturers released computers almost simultaneously.

By Maggoo

Paragon (1218)

11-04-2014, 05:28

http://www.msx.org/news/en/weekly-ascii-msxs-30th-birthday

This post referencing a recent Ascii article (in Japanese but Google translate is your friend) identifies the Mitsubishi ML8000 as the first MSX available.

By ericb59

Paragon (1126)

11-04-2014, 07:17

Don't remember if I talked about this in my article, but you can take a look here also :
http://msx.ebsoft.fr/msx-genesis.php

By emmanoferreira76

Supporter (15)

11-04-2014, 23:56

cklayman, Maggoo, ericb59, thank you all very much for the information! I've downloaded the book by Chapman Wood and I'll also check the links and the article you provided.

best, Emmanoel