Building the RBSC MultiMapper
The RBSC MultiMapper cartridge was designed to provide an easy way to load ROMs to the MSX system. It has the ability to mimic major MSX mappers, such as Konami4,…
Blasting Sound for your MSX – The Wozblaster (Reloaded)
Intro The WozBlaster OPL4 cartridge is a sound expansion device for the MSX computer platform that provides additional audio capabilities, including support for FM synthesis and sample-based (wavetable) synthesis. It…
An FPPGA based Amiga – The Minimig
An FPGA-based implementation of the original Commodore Amiga 500 hardware is known as Minimig (or MiniAmiga). Minimig is now available for download as an open-source / open-hardware design with a…
The ObsoNET cartridge for the MSX
The ObsoNET is the first network card created for the MSX. In 2004, the hardware designer Daniel Berdugo and software developer Nestor Soriano joined forces to create the board that…
Build yourself an MSX-USB!
What if the MSX would have an USB connection? And if the BIOS/MSX DOS would automatically recognize devices connected to it? Inspired by the work of Xavirompe and his RookieDrive,…
Building the RBSC Carnivore2
The RBSC Carnivore2 is one of the coolest multi-function MSX cartridges available today. It was created by the Russian Bear Service Crew (RBSC) in 2017 and offers a lot of…
Yet another FPGA based MSX (The uMSX)
A few months ago I was browsing aleatory looking for MSX related projects and found a very interesting Spanish website called “Vaderetro (Satanas)”… something like “go to hell, devil” in…
The MSX SDMapper lives again!
The saga to relive a dead SDMapper!
A brand-new MSX computer in 2022 – Part 2
PCB and components arrived. So many packages, from US, Spain, Czech Republic and China. I bought two sets of PCBs, and they are slightly different. Checking the components and comparing…
A brand-new MSX computer in 2022 – Part 1
My 20 years with Microsoft and almost 40 years of MSX Imagine you my dear friend, that in the early 80’s the PC was yet to be invented. The options…