In the weekend of October 19-20 there will be an Italian MSX User & Retrocomputing meeting in Spresiano (TV) Italy! Mainly, it will be a MSX meeting but several other machines will be exposed. Participants: MSX Club Brescia, Freesoft MSX Club Rome, and all the other MSX users (new and old!) from each corner of Italy!
I just recieved extra information about this upcoming fair that will be held on Saturday 5 October 2002 in Bussum, the Netherlands.Known booth holders until now:WWW.MSX.ORG
- Selling MSX and console hardware and software.
- MSX QUIZ with great prizes to win.
- Website promotion.and probably more..
Sunrise foundationMSX Info magazine
- Promotion of magazine, Padial ha
MSX DEN-YU land postponed
Source: Syntax-NV #126
Because of the two upcoming MSX books, that will probably rise the interest in MSX in Japan, the organization of MSX DEN-YU land have decided to postpone the fair. The fair will now be held in the (japanese) spring at the end of this year, or perhaps even at the beginning of 2003.
Source: Imahi
Imahi reported that there are currently two new MSX books about to be released.In the end of this year, ASCII will release a MSX PLAYer magazine, which will also contain a CD-ROM with MSX Software and documentation.Before that, Shuwa systems will release a book on MSX.
openMSX howto
C-BIOS 0.08
Source: Boukichi
Another new release of C-BIOS.
Hans Otten sent us a link to the Calamar Group page, a Spanish user group who make software and hardware for MSX. One of their latest projects is the PSX2MSX project which enables you to connect a Playstation joypad to any MSX.
Saturday the 14th september Rob and Koen from Sunrise will show and demonstrate their hardware andapplications.If you are interested and you are, you are welcome!!The adress is:
HCC MSXgg
Cammingalaan / Provincialeweg
Bunnik
The Netherlands
If you come by train:A 10 minutes walk from the railway station BunnikIf you have your own car:It's less than 10 minutes drive from traffic point Rijn
Ys Vol. 1: Book One
Source: MSX Mailinglist
On 24 september, a DVD with Ys 1 episodes 1 till 4 will be released for the US market.
Konami released The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2 for the PS2 in Japan. This disc containts all the 3d models, music, characters and artwork of the game.