I saw this when it first came out. It made me really want to buy an MSX. Unfortunately anything retro has become collectable these days, so buying one of them is going to cost you a pretty penny....
I saw this when it first came out. It made me really want to buy an MSX.
Unfortunately anything retro has become collectable these days, so buying one of them is going to cost you a pretty penny. Unless you're willing to buy one of the cheaper, older models that don't work with later software that expect more memory and features on them.
The part of me that wants to own any old computer tech (to use rather than to brag about or treat as an investment) agrees that it sucks that everything is a collectible. But I also think there's...
The part of me that wants to own any old computer tech (to use rather than to brag about or treat as an investment) agrees that it sucks that everything is a collectible.
But I also think there's a silver lining, which is that it's possible more tech will ultimately be preserved under these circumstances. The times when something old isn't a collectible are the times when it ends up as a centimeter-thick landfill stratum.
I saw this when it first came out. It made me really want to buy an MSX.
Unfortunately anything retro has become collectable these days, so buying one of them is going to cost you a pretty penny. Unless you're willing to buy one of the cheaper, older models that don't work with later software that expect more memory and features on them.
The part of me that wants to own any old computer tech (to use rather than to brag about or treat as an investment) agrees that it sucks that everything is a collectible.
But I also think there's a silver lining, which is that it's possible more tech will ultimately be preserved under these circumstances. The times when something old isn't a collectible are the times when it ends up as a centimeter-thick landfill stratum.