Jim Leonard wrote:
Witchy wrote:
People didn't like the MSX because it arrived
just as the UK computer
industry was crashing badly - 85/86, and they also didn't like it because
it didn't offer anything new.
I disagree on the "nothing new" part -- didn't it come with an
incredibly powerful music synthesizer as standard equipment?
The Yamaha one at least had something like the guts of a DX21 grafted on
inside
On a related note, I was SO looking forward to the
music I could create
with a IIgs until I learned that the Ensoniq embedded on the thing could
access a grand total of 64KB total sample data. Made the chip nearly
worthless :-(
Well, that's only twice as much sample memory as the Ensoniq Mirage...
I think the Ensoniq ESQ1 has only got 64kB of wave rom inside. There's
a trick you've got to do with bank switching, which might not be
possible in the IIGS.
Gordon