Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-09 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha wrote: > > "Went bust"? What's that supposed to mean? =) > Faliu. :) Hm, got it. Bankruptcy. But why is Sharp's website still active? []s, -Parn (ICQ#1693182) /| | | |\ \| ___ |/ http://parn.overclocked.org/ \/ - \/ Parn's Music Station

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-09 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Pablo, > "Went bust"? What's that supposed to mean? =) Faliu. :) = Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.adrpage.cjb.net MSX: more fun per less MHz O Y

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-08 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
Rafael Lima wrote: > As far as I know, Sharp went bust... "Went bust"? What's that supposed to mean? =) At least, there's their website at http://www.sharp.com.br Don't know what that means, tho. []s, -Parn (ICQ#1693182) /| | | |\ \| ___ |/ http://parn.overclocked.org/ \/

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-08 Thread Ricardo Jurczyk Pinheiro
Em qua, 07 fev 2001, Manuel Bilderbeek escreveu: > > everything in one piece: keyboard, cartdrige slots, etc., like the > > Philips NMS-8280 and the Panasonic WSX.=20 > > Um, NMS-8220 you mean? :) Well, maybe. =) > > ones developed by Sony, Philips, Sanyo, etc., 'cause of a very bad, >

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-08 Thread Ricardo Jurczyk Pinheiro
Em qua, 07 fev 2001, Manuel Bilderbeek escreveu: > > Basicly, that one couldn't import a computer. > > Actually, it was more detailed than that, but > > it made extremely difficult for a "normal" > > person like us to legally import and own any > > computer. > > Is it still valid? Thank

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Rafael Lima
As far as I know, Sharp went bust... Rafael Lima > > Is Gradiente still alive? And Sharp Brazil? > >Both companies are alive and well. A rumor said >that Sharp ceased production of their HotBit >because of pressure from the Japanese, who >didn't want one of their branches selling an >MSX -- in

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
Vladimir Malaquias wrote: > Just a correction: the law does not had the name of > "lei de informatica" or informatics law it was called > "Lei de reserva de mercado" or, in english "Market reservation law" Right. I apologize for my mistake; I'm not any good with Law. As a matter of fact, I think

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Vladimir Malaquias
ut he did two good things, and > one was revoking the old Informatics Law, and > another was paving the way for better cars. No > pun intended. Just a correction: the law does not had the name of "lei de informatica" or informatics law it was called "Lei de reserva de mercado" or, in english "M

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Ricardo Bittencourt Vidigal Leitao
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > > restrictive law: "Lei de Informatica". I have cursed it many times... =3D) > What does this law say? There is a good page in english about this law, you can see it in this address: http://www.lsi.usp.br/~jecel/reserve.html --

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > > Basicly, that one couldn't import a computer. > > Actually, it was more detailed than that, but > > it made extremely difficult for a "normal" > > person like us to legally import and own any > > computer. > Is it still valid? Thankfully, not. Ironically, the new law

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
> > What does this law say? > > Basicly, that one couldn't import a computer. > Actually, it was more detailed than that, but > it made extremely difficult for a "normal" > person like us to legally import and own any > computer. Is it still valid? Grtjs, Manuel PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? Se

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > > ones developed by Sony, Philips, Sanyo, etc., 'cause of a very bad, > > restrictive law: "Lei de Informatica". I have cursed it many times... =3D) > What does this law say? Basicly, that one couldn't import a computer. Actually, it was more detailed than that, but it

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
> everything in one piece: keyboard, cartdrige slots, etc., like the > Philips NMS-8280 and the Panasonic WSX.=20 Um, NMS-8220 you mean? :) > ones developed by Sony, Philips, Sanyo, etc., 'cause of a very bad, > restrictive law: "Lei de Informatica". I have cursed it many times... =3D) What does

MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Ricardo Jurczyk Pinheiro
Em ter, 06 fev 2001, Ivan Latorre escreveu: > I was wondering if MSX2 computers were sold in Brazil (I mean > that if they were distributed to shops by big companies like Sony, > Sanyo, Philips, ...). I´ve read that two companies (Gradiente and > Expert) sold MSX1s. I also was wondering if other