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?
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 :-(
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