Philips VG-8010 MSX First Steps

In this video, I make a composite video cable, recap the power supply, build a DIY cartridge and make a little adapter to use common Commodore DE-9 joysticks on the MSX.

MSX Cartridge PCB from the 8-Bit Mashed:

Philips VG-8010 User Manual/Service Manual and info:

Juan's Games for the MSX (and other systems):

Banjo Guy Ollie's YouTube channel:

Ollie's 8-Bit Manshed channel:

DE-9 Joystick Pinouts Table:

TL866 EPROM Programmer*:

TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
2:49 My Philips VG-8010
6:04 Monitor A/V Cable
7:05 The User Manual
7:43 Sponsor Message
8:17 A Look at the Computer
10:20 A Look into the Power Supply
13:24 Recapping the Power Supply
22:54 Making a Game Cartridge
30:36 Making a Commodore-MSX Joystick Adapter
38:56 Thank you & Good night

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[discoHR]

Back in the day in ex-Yugoslavia, pretty much all VHS movies in video clubs were subtitled on MSX.

[christostentes]

My dad was traveling Europe and happened to be in Western Germany back in 1985, where he bought and carried back home (Greece) a Sanyo MSX MPC64. That was my Xmas gift and my first computer ever - I was 14 years old....

[DeRaafMedia]

My school (Netherlands) had a few of these and 8020's. It was used to learn CNC programming, we made little robots from Lego Technics with motors, and if I remember correctly pneumatic parts. Was fun.

[jameslewis]

Nice to see you trying something a bit different. I suppose the next projects that would make sense in conjunction with this MSX would be building a RAM expansion and maybe figuring out how you could build something like a cartridge SD card reader. I have found a device that at a glance seems to do both of these things called a Fractal2000 SD Mapper/Megaram 512kB. Another thing that seems to be an option is an MSX audio expander kit which seems to be a Philips based module that adds the capability of playing FM music tracks.

[larstheth]

Great video.
32k ROM games have to be programmed slightly differently,
the ROM file has to be cut in half (2x 16k), then reverse the order [Last 16k] - [First 16k]. Then programm it in the Eprom.

[alexhofstee]

Yes! Finally a retro channel I follow with some MSX content. I grew up with the MSX. First we had an Tosthiba HX-10 (still have one), then an Philips VG-8235 MSX 2 and ending with the NMS-8250. After that I switched to an 486 DX2 66, a giant leap. :p There also was the MSX Turbo-R after the MSX2+.

[pvc]

These old manuals are simply awesome. Today you just get warning book, like "don't eat the battery", "this device requires electricity" or "water is wet".

[_Bit]

What a coincidence, I just got this exact model of MSX a couple weeks ago! I specifically bought it because of the bizarre cursor key layout, one of the weirdest I've ever seen. Took me several months of looking before I found a seller that would ship here to Canada.

[darknessnightfall]

that was my first msx. I loved it. Later I got a MSX2, the philips 8220. Bought imported cartridges to play games

[janp.schumann]

Nice memories :) this was my first computer. I got it Xmas 1986 (I think) with the game "Car Jamboree". My second was the sony hb-f700d, I really loved this machine

[TMDrews]

Oh, I remember the Philips MSX machines. I always liked the case design as a kid since it was much more modern than the C64.

[eriksilveira]

In Brazil MSX had some popularity. "Gradiente" was the most popular brand, with its "Expert MSX".

[imqqmi]

37:40 I did see that coming LOL! I replaced one of my joystick connectors with exactly the same db9 connector and ran into the same problem. Nice that the MSX gets some attention, it's a nice platform with many great games!

[bitsinthebasement]

The psu is exactly the same as the PSU used on the Philips VG5000. It's great that yours still works, mine is in need of a serious revision I've had to use an ATX PSU to replace it. As always a really great video Jan thanks for sharing ;)

[JohnJones-oymd]

6:04 - 1980's hardware manuals were the best.

[Nomaxice]

I got a couple MSX computers, I fell in love after I got my first one, a basic 32K model MSX1 from Goldstar, which lead me to grab a 64K MSX1 from Yashica. I wanna try an get some more at some point, especially the MSX2 system, there are some really beautiful looking ones out there (such as Sony or Yamaha models). It's a pleasure to see them pop up on a good retro channel, they don't seem to get as much love in the retro community as things like the C64 and other retro machines, that or I haven't been looking in the right place. (I guess the fact there are so many different ones instead of clear models like an Amstrad CPC6128 always being a CPC6128 even when from different regions makes it harder to get into them?)

[muttBunch]

“No Touchie…TOUCHIE” lolololol. I just spit my coffee everywhere again. I love when you do that

[sonicgr]

I have a VG8020 which I consider one of the nicest looking 8 bit micro ever!

[leandrotami]

So few English speaking youtubers have explored the MSX computers! I learned programming with it back when I was 7. It has a relatively good version of BASIC and it supports so much great software. Best games used to come from Spain or Japan!

[meh]

DUDE! Thank you so much for not banging on about the box for ages before getting the machine out, like SO MANY other tubers do! I couldn't care less about the boxes things come in... _I am not a cat, I am (mostly) human!_