2 Apr
2013
2 Apr
'13
1:27 p.m.
Yes, I'm sure they were available in the U.S. Spectravideo was a U.S.
company and the SV-318 was announced at the winter CES in Las Vagas. (see
http://www.samdal.com/sv318.htm)
Just not very visible maybe?
Terry (Tez)
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:08 AM, Martin Goldberg <wgungfu at gmail.com> wrote:
Not sure what you mean, both Spectravideo and Yamaha
released MSX machines
in the US. They never caught on, so it wasn't for a significant amount of
time. But they were here.
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans <oltmansg at gmail.com
wrote:
Very interesting Terry. MSX never made it
stateside, so I was curious to
see this. In particular I'm a big Coleco Vision and ADAM computer nut,
and
was surprised to see the splash screen and game
options screen on the
game
> that you showed. The game option screen looks identical to the one
> presented on Coleco Vision cartridge games to the letter. I wonder which
> came first, because the specifications for the two machines are virtually
> identical.
>
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Terry Stewart <terry at webweavers.co.nz
> wrote:
>
> > An attention-getting red joystick and superior BASIC makes for an
> > interesting home computer. My Spectravideo SV-318.
> > http://youtu.be/LwvYpojtr0I
> >
> > Terry (Tez)
> >
>
--
Marty