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Title: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: geepee16 on December 09, 2008, 06:58:04 AM
this of course means that i can finally - i hope - start using my fx-ga.  anyone else have this set-up?
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Arkhan on December 23, 2008, 11:04:13 PM
I wish.

Whered you get a PC98, Ive been wanting one instead of the emulator....

Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: geepee16 on December 24, 2008, 11:10:52 AM
i won it on yahoo auction a day before i left japan in september.  i had my father-in-law ship it via sea mail which too a few months.  after the holiday, i am going to hook that fxga  up and get to work.
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Oli_lar on January 06, 2009, 04:05:52 AM
Good luck with it. Installing the card itself isn't that hard but using it is! The Gmaker tools do work quie well though.

I have a PC-9821 Xa13 with the PC-FXGA installed (And the Sega Saturn controller adapter card!), but I need to get round to reinstalling Windows..its under the big pile of stuff to do.

In fact if anyone wants to buy it, I'd be happy to sell it on as I just don't have time for this stuff anymore  :roll:
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Arkhan on January 15, 2009, 01:25:15 PM
PM SENT!!! :)

itll go great with my smashed MSX2, provided its still available and stuff
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Oli_lar on January 16, 2009, 01:43:50 AM
Didn't recieve any PM mate! I've got another chap who its currently on hold for pending payment anyway, but i'll let you know if that deal falls through.
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: rolins on January 16, 2009, 05:56:30 AM
Ahh man, I can't believe I missed out on a PC-98. :(  Lucky bastard who claimed it first.

PM SENT!!! :)

itll go great with my smashed MSX2, provided its still available and stuff

Hey Arkhan did your Philips MSX2 really got damaged during shipment?
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Oli_lar on January 18, 2009, 06:22:39 AM
Just to let people know my PC98 has been sold now.

If people really want a PC-98 they're plenty cheap and abundant on yahoo japan auctions. Use a proxy bidding service like shopping mall japan etc to bid on them. There are quite often ones with the pcfxga installed on them too, though its possible that the seller will wipe the hdd, meaning you'll have to reinstall windows/pcfxga software. Also, there are two versions of the PC-FXGA for PC-98 - the regular C-bus (usually the desktop/IBM PC lookalikes) and the FX-98IF for CanBe machines (usually the less generic boxes).

 
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Arkhan on January 29, 2009, 02:31:38 AM
Dang.  I sent one here, shame it didnt make it through -_-.

Ill get one eventually.

And yes Rolins, the entire front panel is gone.  Thanks to Sylvester packing it with newspaper for an overseas trip.


I had to disassemble it to clean plastic outta the cartridge slots... its just a bare front w/ wires hanging out.
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: rolins on January 30, 2009, 10:53:22 AM
Dang.  I sent one here, shame it didnt make it through -_-.

Ill get one eventually.

And yes Rolins, the entire front panel is gone.  Thanks to Sylvester packing it with newspaper for an overseas trip.


I had to disassemble it to clean plastic outta the cartridge slots... its just a bare front w/ wires hanging out.

Yikes! Dude, should've used bubble wrap. Yeah, happened to me once when I received my first MSX2+ a few years back. I was super pissed when I opened the box, only find the back panel near the power supply was cracked really badly. It still worked though, but ugly.
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Arkhan on January 31, 2009, 11:02:50 AM
yes this MSX2 is assugly now.

I will stick a cardboard front panel on it and label it TURBO-R and pretend.



I need to work out a monitor for it though.  SCaRT--> RGB didnt work (monitor is TTL RGB >_< ).... and CVBS is black and white.  Hydlide in B&W is a horrible time.

if anyone here has an SCART monitor... >_> gimme
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
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Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Dark Fact on May 02, 2009, 04:03:32 PM
Any progress with that MSX2? :-s
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Arkhan on May 02, 2009, 09:08:11 PM
Any progress with that MSX2? :-s

Yeah, its sitting in a cabinet being laughed at while I drool at my sony one I bought from a sensible overseas person.

the NMS can blow me.  to put it mildly.
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Dark Fact on May 03, 2009, 04:20:22 AM
So, you're gonna have it gather dust, eh? :?
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Arkhan on May 03, 2009, 10:37:36 AM
So, you're gonna have it gather dust, eh? :?

yep. the floppy drives dont work, and it is the ugliest thing since N64.

ill probably strip the ram out and make a REU for the Sony one
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Dark Fact on May 04, 2009, 04:44:08 AM
If it wasn't for your suggestion to strip the RAM out, I would've suggested for you to send that thing to the city and have it grinded into road parts. :wink:
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Arkhan on May 04, 2009, 11:18:56 AM
If it wasn't for your suggestion to strip the RAM out, I would've suggested for you to send that thing to the city and have it grinded into road parts. :wink:

Lol its got a Euro plug.

America wont touch it! THeyll be like GET THAT OUT OF HERE ITS EVIL.  WHERES THE FORD LOGO
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Dark Fact on May 06, 2009, 03:48:19 PM
You can tell them it's a Daimler-Chrysler. :wink:
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Arkhan on May 07, 2009, 09:32:38 AM
You can tell them it's a Daimler-Chrysler. :wink:

Lol.  Yeah. Failed models seems to be their specialty
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Dark Fact on May 15, 2009, 06:39:59 AM
Like the Ford Tempo and the Ford Topaz. :P
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Necromancer on May 15, 2009, 06:59:20 AM
Like the Ford Tempo and the Ford Topaz. :P

That's Mercury Topaz (a.k.a. - my first car).  I'm not sure why you consider a failed model, considering it was on the top ten best selling car list for its entire run.
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Arkhan on May 15, 2009, 11:02:18 AM
Like the Ford Tempo and the Ford Topaz. :P

That's Mercury Topaz (a.k.a. - my first car).  I'm not sure why you consider a failed model, considering it was on the top ten best selling car list for its entire run.

mercury is ford in disguise, lol.
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: boogiecat on May 16, 2009, 11:40:19 PM
Actually i've got a PC98 before but its now broken..
Title: Re: my PC98 has arrived!
Post by: Arkhan on May 17, 2009, 10:50:24 AM
Actually i've got a PC98 before but its now broken..

whys it broke? whatcha doin with it