3,000 One Chip MSX computers sold

On May 20th, ASCII started taking pre-orders on the new One Chip MSX. On July 10th, Bazix started taking pre-orders as well, whilst on the same day 2,000 One Chip MSX computers were sold. As of today, the 3,000 pre-orders barrier was passed as well. However, there are only 5 days left to sell another 2,000 One Chip MSX computers to make commercial production of the One Chip MSX possible.

At the moment, it is unknown what will happen if, on August 20th, the 5,000 pre-orders barrier has not been passed, but certainly announcements by ASCII, Bazix and/or MSX Association are to be expected during the coming days. An exciting week awaits us.

Relevant link: ASCII One Chip MSX information page
Relevant link: Bazix One Chip MSX information page

Comments (27)

By wolf_

Ambassador_ (10134)

15-08-2005, 22:51

The announcement will be that Bazix now co-owns Chiquita. When the 5000-mark isn't made, the people who pre-ordered will get 189 euro worth of bananas!

o_O

By Grauw

Ascended (10818)

15-08-2005, 22:56

Huzza!

By Grauw

Ascended (10818)

15-08-2005, 22:57

Quick, everybody order 100 units!

By mth

Champion (507)

16-08-2005, 01:21

From the FAQ:
The One Chip MSX will be delivered with the VHDL code that is used to achieve MSX1 compatibility. At this moment it has not been decided yet under what form of license this code will be released. We plan to announce this information in the near future.
Bazix, could you please clarify the license before the pre-order period closes? Since playing with the FPGA code is one of the main selling points for the One Chip MSX, I think such an important question should not remain unanswered.

By dhau

Paragon (1570)

16-08-2005, 03:12

I won't order this crap

By Sama

Ambassador (2070)

16-08-2005, 03:37

Thanks for sharing

By Arjan

Paladin (787)

16-08-2005, 13:49

Does the counter on https://www.ascii.co.jp/1chip/ include the pre-orders made through Bazix?

By Bart

Paragon (1422)

16-08-2005, 15:19

No Arjan, it's only ASCII's pre-order count.

By ditman

Resident (35)

16-08-2005, 15:37

I've just pre-ordered mine... Still trying to fix my broken MSX2 but I WANT that onechip thingy

By Samor

Prophet (2218)

16-08-2005, 16:37

selling 400 a day?
well, miracles are possible they say ...

By wolf_

Ambassador_ (10134)

16-08-2005, 17:31

When there's news about the msx2 being the standard 1cm-config, pre-orders might rise ..

Let's say, the more the product migrates to the specs the scene is moaning about for months now, the better the chances are ^_^

(just don't mention the cas-port again :S )

By poke-1,170

Paragon (1783)

17-08-2005, 04:25

motor off

By DarQ

Paragon (1038)

19-08-2005, 13:37

troff

By Tanni

Hero (556)

19-08-2005, 15:44

3250 preorders on ASCIIs page up to now!

By Tanni

Hero (556)

19-08-2005, 17:58

Now 3280 preorders

By Tanni

Hero (556)

19-08-2005, 18:00

Now 3280 preorders!

By Algorythms

Champion (288)

19-08-2005, 18:56

3290... Seems like Nishi is sitting in front of his PC ordering one by one now

By SolidEric

Champion (332)

19-08-2005, 19:55

Nishi buying 1710 minus bazix's pre-orders........I once said it...he's gonna buy the rest himself

By cax

Prophet (3741)

19-08-2005, 21:53

Nishi will spend hundreds of thousands dollars on buying OCMs ?
Maybe he is a very rich man.

By BiFi

Enlighted (4348)

19-08-2005, 21:59

what's the current number of orders @ Bazix anyway?

By snout

Ascended (15187)

19-08-2005, 22:30

cax - in fact Nishi is quite a wealthy man indeed. At MSX World 2005 he joked that he would buy the remaining OCMs needed to make production possible with some 'pocket change'. ^_^

By SolidEric

Champion (332)

19-08-2005, 23:11

I said it

By legacy

Hero (570)

20-08-2005, 00:05

Oh, and I hope he will do it.

By cax

Prophet (3741)

20-08-2005, 01:28

snout, of course I do remember about this Nishi's promise - I read your article about Japanese MSX fair and proofread it's russian translation. I wrote my message because I did some calculations, got number > $200000 and became sceptical about his promise.

By POISONIC

Paladin (1012)

20-08-2005, 03:54

its 20th of august 2005 ...............