Y ayer me llego esto al email - La cosa esta chunga

Dear customer,

With this newsletter, we would like to inform you about the current status
of the One Chip MSX computers that are being made available for the Western
market, for which you have placed a pre-order. Although we have informed
many of our customers personally already, we would like to express our
apologies for taking so long to inform you publicly about the status of
this project. Also we would like to thank all of you who have sent us
emails for your kind words, patience and trust.

Unfortunately D4E has recently informed us they will not be able to
produce the 'Western market' batch before the end of Spring 2007. As a
matter of fact they will not be able to deliver any time soon. We
understand that this must be a disappointment for you, as it is a major
disappointment to us as well. Production of the One Chip MSX for the
Western market has not been canceled however, but has been postponed until
further notice. We will understand when this uncertainty makes you decide
to cancel your pre-order. If you wish cancel your pre-order, please tell
us by email.

Although we do regret that the One Chip MSX for the Western market has
once again been postponed, we would like to remind you that the One Chip
MSX is a very limited, unique computer that is worth the wait. If you have
anything to ask or say, please let us know by email. Also anyone who
already has purchased a Japanese edition of the One Chip MSX and isn't
interested in the Western edition anymore, please let us know, as we have
many people on the reserve list who would like to take your place on the
pre-order list.

Last but not least, we would like to give you some information on the One
Chip MSX production as reported to us by D4E. The hardware design of the
One Chip MSX is currently under investigation and alteration. Reasons are
RoHS compliancy of the ciruit board, component availability and costs.
Also a different, transparent casing is preferred for the Western edition.
This modified One Chip MSX, produced for distribution on the Western
market, is likely to be distributed as a 'limited edition' in Japan as
well. Through this newsletter, we will inform you on the status of this
project when more concrete information becomes available.


Yours truly,
Bazix

Y todabia esperando...

La Spring ya ha llegado, y poco le falta para acabar, y los señores de Bazix no dan señales de vida, es decir, todabia no tengo el OCM, me ha dado tiempo a repasar el VHDL y leerme algun libro, desde entonces han salido modificaciones, pero como no las he podido probar para que decirlas, si veis este blog seguro que ya sabeis del mundo MSX y estareis enterados, los que no ya os informare cuando tenga fisicamente el trasto, si yo no lo tengo vosotros tampoco creo que lo tengais. Algun dia seguiremos informando...

Especificaciones tecnicas y una foto

Estas son las especificicaciones tecnicas del One Chip Msx, extraido de la web de Bazix, la empresa que distribuye el One Chip Msx fuera de Japon.

Altera Cyclone EP1C12Q240C8N FPGA chip
32 MB SDRAM
SD/MMC card slot
2 MSX Cartridge slots
2 cinch audio outputs
S-Video, Composite and VGA outputs
PS/2 keyboard connector
2 USB connectors
2 MSX Joystick ports
FPGA I/O pin (40 pins and 10 pins)
English instruction manual
110/220V AC power supply

En cuanto al msx que seria, sus especificaciones son las siguientes:

MSX 2 computer system
1 MB RAM
128kB VRAM
Kanji-ROM
MSX-MUSIC
MSX-DOS2 with FAT16 support
MEGA-SCSI compatible support for SD card as primary drive

Una maquina bastante interesante, sobre todo por la posible modificacion mediante codigo VHDL, algo asi como un lenguaje de programacion hardware. Este es el aspecto final que tendra, se me hace eterna la espera aihhhh

Y el primer dia se izo la luz

Entonces nosotros pudimos enchufar todos los trastos electronicos que tenemos y que nos hacen felices, saludos desde este mi humilde blog sobre el One Chip Msx y el submundo del ordenador MSX en general, el cual por ahora no tengo en mis manos, pero pronto lo estara. Saludos y bienvenidos a mi cabeza.

Nerdie