Hi, I need to reduce the collection at Chez Farrell and so the MSX is getting put up for sale if anyone is interested. It’s quite a rare machine compared to the more common HX-10. This model comes with two cartridge ports and RGB SCART and RS232 outputs. It has a built in word processor in ROM in addition to MSX BASIC. When I bought it there was a problem with the composite and RF output which was down to the video encoder chip. The SCART was working okay at the time, I have now replaced the video encoder with a NOS part and composite works now, I have not tried the RF but it is fed by the composite signal so should be fine. I will include the old part faulty video encoder chip as they are very hard to get and this would enable the SCART to work if needed. The TDC-600 disk interface comes with MSX Disk BASIC on ROM and supports 360 & 720KB Disc’s. I was using my Gotek without any problems. If anyone is interested then DM me, this is a rare computer so it will not be a cheap sub £100 price and the disk interface alone cost €50 and the computer was €140 when I bought it from the Netherlands. I would be willing to trade for Atari kit depending on what is on offer ( 800XL? ) Richie.
Sounds like a nice machine Richie. Hope it went to a good home. I have a pal with a retro shop up here in Scotland and he has a couple of MSX machines but the one that always catches my eye is an MSX on a chip system. Way beyond my price range though!
Glad you got a quick sale then, Rich and here's hoping it made what you were hoping for. Only ever clapped eyes on one MSX machine briefly back in 87-88...they seemed to appear too late in terms of the 8bit scene and of course the ST/Amiga craze had already well and truly started and we were all headed over to that party. Still, they packed a lot of power for your buck and I know there are plenty of fans of the platform out there still raving about the quality of some of the titles which were released for this standard.
Well it’s all gone a bit Pete Tong here… The guy has decided he doesn’t want a MSX after all He said he’s looked at the games and decided he wants a C64 instead and neither my 64 or 128 are for sale. I tried to offer him the CPC but he was having none of it. So the deal is off. That being said it might have been a blessing in disguise. It turns out this little beauty is even rarer than I thought. I had put a post on a MSX forum but with some pictures, one of which was of the makers sticker with the serial number. Turns out this is very,very low as in number 17 off the production line. I have no idea how many HX-22GB models were made but that is really low. I have never owned anything like that before and to be honest I never really check the serial numbers but I will do from now on. So it was a reluctant sale beforehand and now I really don’t want to part with it. So my MSX is staying put and so I went and brought a Uridium cart for it yesterday once I knew it was not going anywhere as a birthday present for myself.
Aw, Rich. First up, a very very happy birthday, mate. That's you, Matt and Paul another year nearer catching up with Father Time and me next as we add to our collection of grey (white in my case) whiskers! Just shows you, every cloud etc - you get a sale fall through BUT you come to discover that you have a rare bird on your hand that could do with some more lurve and appreciation (and re-appraisal on price/value). What a great discovery, fella - no.17 off the production line is amazing. My mate Shaun down the road in Cottingham has a TRS-80 he's been trying to shift for yonks - at least 2-3 years - and it's got something like No.128 as a serial number and whatever he does to advertise that little beaut, no one seems to know (and he aint asking much last time I enquired). Yet there is no doubting that a low serial number definitely adds to the value of the beast and adds another layer of mystique/attractiveness as you get your head around thinking "Hell, this one was one of the first to appear - that's gotta be another element of awe and wonder" You do reet splashing out and getting yourself another little goodie for the HX-22GB. It's the least that you and it deserve on your boffday, bud. I took the liberty of posting a clip of someone else also enjoying a purchase, Rich, and the packaging. artwork and lurve is clear for us all to see here:
I am selling this HX-22 on it’s own if anyone wants an MSX computer. I have two Mitsubishi ML MSX1’s now so this is going spare. Comes with a SCART lead and MSX Basic manual. PM me if interested.
How you doing with this sale, Rich? Any takers/sniffers as yet? It's an absolute belter and IF I'd ever dabbled with one then I reckon I would now be making a move but alas I never and so it's another beautiful strange and exotic to my eyes beast that I should really let pass on to more passionate pastures new than mine. Good luck and do update us, mate. PS. Hope you are keeping well as I know you've been having your awful pains again of late. Fingers crossed some cosy evenings spent with Sonia around a warm soldering iron/heatsink will put some hearty cheer and red-rosed cheeks back into your computer complexions, buddy! Sincerely, you take good care, one and all.
