New MSX Single Cartridge Adapters

Will it be available at Nijmegen? I'd happily take one for my SVI 728.

Is there a comprehensive list of compatible models and/or what to check for in one's MSX to see if it will work?

As I understand things, different brands could be using a different pin layout for that io port, so one would want to be sure of compatibility before connecting it.

Nice adapter and great YouTube channel Bas!

FC-200 and HX-10 (according to our wiki) have incompatible pinouts on their respective expansion bus so how this adapter will work on both is beyond me. I don’t think it can work on both and as such be careful before using it on any machine that has not been confirmed.

If I understand the wiki correctly, isn’t the pinout almost always the same with the only difference being the position of the key(s) on the connector? Which I assume is absent on this adapter so it can be inserted both ways, and as such care has to be taken as Bas mentions in his Youtube video (“let’s try another game, a more common game” haha). Going by Bas’ usage instructions, regardless of the keying as long as both the adapter and cartridge are inserted with the label on the top, it is always oriented correctly.

The odd / even refers to whether the even or the odd pins are on the side of the key(s). See the caption at the top of the images. The key could be at the top or the bottom of the connector of course, so the key position says nothing about the orientation of the connector. I presume from Bas’s video that he’s only seen machines with the pinout such that facing the adapter to the top is the correct orientation.

Nevertheless, I agree one should be careful when using it to avoid damage due to incorrect orientation, and that it’s best to get confirmation of the correct orientation for your specific machine model before use. When uncertain, confirm 5V and ground connection with a multimeter before inserting a cartridge, or ask Bas or someone on the forums.

For obvious reasons this universal adapter can’t include model-specific keying, nor a moulded socket on the cartridge side probably for cost reasons (and also not so useful since you already have to observe orientation anyway), for that you’d have to make a replica of the manufacturer’s original adapter such as the Yamaha CA-01.

But the pinout table says “The below table lists the Pin-out of the BUS connector with even-nubdered pins to the polarizing key side”, so I presume for the odd-numbered pins to the polarizing key side the pinout is such that relative to the connector pin numbering it is swapped, but their physical position is the same?

Anyway I suggest if in doubt to take a multimeter in hand to confirm it . But if Bas says it is compatible with those models, and to always use the labels-up orientation, I would assume he has tested and confirmed it at least for those models mentioned.

Hello

Strange, because i tested all.
But how it is now, it works on the sanyo.

But on the goldstar it works now with a little change it works now
Tomorrow i will test it on a toshiba.
There are 2 two types within a few, odd and even.

Thx for helping me

It is working now.
Toshiba & goldstar are the same.
Svi and sanyo are the same.

These are the most common systems.

So problem solved.

And the list with different models has some errors.

Thanks everybody

There's a new video on repair-bas' channel. It looks like there will be a ribbon cable added for the hx-10 that corrects the pinout.