>How strange that there are no messages in comp.sys.msx about the
>Japanese efforts to build a new MSX computer. There 's a lot of
>discussion going on about this in the msx mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
>Could it be that most MSX fanatics are subscribed to that list and
>don't read this news group anymore? Or is there a separation between
>news group readers and mailing list readers???
I don't even know where to find this newsgroup. I have only a subscription
to the mailinglist. But anyway, now you're posting this discussion to the
mailinglist once again. Is this a mistake?
>What do YOU think, should a new MSX be developed? Will it have a
>chance in the market that's dominated by PC's and 64 bit game
>consoles? Or will it create it's own market?
There will definitely come a time in which PC's can't be improved any
further. Eventually, computerdevelopers will have to find another way to
gain their profits. Most likely is the way of virtual reality. But another
way might be a whole different kind of PC, say an MSX. To write it like this
may seem a little ridiculous, but what I mean to say is: create a computer
with the same abilities as a PC but make it feature the same interior an MSX
has. In short: let the PC enable the same kind of creativity which is
enabled by the MSX. Users will start producing software on their own and the
like. This might be an idea. Otherwise, I think there isn't much sense in
developing a new MSX or something.
>What should a new MSX look like? What would you want to be able to do
>with it (while making sure it remains a MSX and does not become a PC
>or a console)?
I don't know. Isn't it so that everyone still using an MSX today is mainly
attracted by the features the system has right now? It is indeed an
interesting question WHY people so eagerly want to see a new MSX developed.
I can't see any good reason, to be honest.
>Of course it is easy to be sceptical about a new MSX being developed.
>After all: seeing is believing. But just think about it: if there's
>even a small chance, shouldn't we try to do everything we can to make
>it a succes?
That depends on whether there is actual interest in a new MSX (see the thing
I wrote above).
Rieks.
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