Category: Computer System

Been messing around with the MSX recently so thought it was a good time to do a small write up.

Despite sitting right in front of my main computer screen I just realised I didn’t add this to my archive.

So here it is, the Raspberry Pi 400 Home Computer 🙂

Click here to read my thoughts:

I haven’t messed around with MIDI since my late Sam Coupe years and early 286 PC years where I used to connect a Yamaha PSS-780 keyboard up to the computer and “attempt” to get it to play some music. Usually I just ended up shoving pre-made MIDI files through it back then!

But recently I was watching a YouTube episode from RMC The Cave (loads of good videos to watch!) and he did a review of the Yamaha CX5M which is an MSX based computer with a built in Yamaha FM synthesiser.

Well, i have looked at many MSX computers recently with the aim of picking one up, and after seeing this I just knew this was the one. Not only can I experiment with an MSX but I can also go back and have a play with MIDI again 🙂

So, here she is! My very own CX5M with the YK-10 Keyboard

So whats next for this one?

Well the one small issue with it is this system has the SFG-01 addon board which doesn’t support MIDI input. They released a later SFG-05 module that had better software and more features.

Luckily you can do a mod to upgrade it. So I have a freshly burned EPROM sat here waiting to go in it over the weekend!

I have also ordered a SD mapper and 512K expansion so I can play around with some of the MSX software that is available.

Really looking forward to this and will update the site with my thoughts once I have had a play 🙂

Something a bit different added to the collection. Been wanting one of these for a while. Now all I need to do is figure out how to hook it up to an ATM machine 😀

This computer was used by John Conner in Terminator 2: Judgement Day to hack the ATM and also the door codes in the most advanced research laboratory on earth. I guess they should have upped their security a bit!!

Introducing the Atari Portfolio

Used to have one of these when I was at school and used it for typing up my notes in class. Well thats what I told the teacher. This little gem however has a great built in feature, hit Function and B and you are dropped into BBC BASIC 😀. Great to have one back in my collection as mine suffered a cracked screen and got binned many years ago during a garage clear out 😪

So for quite some time I have had a C64 case which I put a raspberry pi inside to emulate the C64. That was a fun project but with my collection growing it seemed only right that I had a real C64 in there. So here it is. A C64C complete with the SDIEC adpater for loading games from an SD Card and the Epyx Fastloader to speed up the process :).

Write up coming in the not too distant future!

On a roll tonight, but think it’s time for bed now!

Think I will do the 128K +2 article next to complete the computer section of the site for now 🙂

My write up the ZX Spectrum 48+ is now available. Check it out in the Computers section.

Check it out here: http://localhost/wordpress/amiga-500/