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OHHHHHhhhhh MAN!!! I put it away when I bought my A500. I’d been wanting to try it for a while but I feared it didn't work. Today is the day. It works exactly like it worked when I stored it almost 40 years ago.

The only thing which don't work in this awesome MSX Canon V-20 is the T key but I'm still super happy with it. I'll try to fix it at a later date.

#retrocomputing #msx #canonV20 #8bits #Z80

May 8, 2025 at 6:50pmWeb
Show threadLFA 🇮🇨May 8, 2025
Left and Right cursor keys are a bit faulty too
Show threadTim HolyoakeMay 8, 2025
@lfa Hopefully just dirty contacts on the keys!
Show threadLFA 🇮🇨May 8, 2025
@psychotimmy That was my first thought. Fingers crossed 🤞 I'll probably check it out on Sunday
Show threadF4GRX SébastienMay 8, 2025
@lfa They never worked well when I had one.
Show threadLFA 🇮🇨May 8, 2025
@f4grx I remember mines worked well and I also remember when the right cursor started to be faulty.
Show threadLFA 🇮🇨May 19, 2025

Got a companion for my MSX. With this I can also use RF for video output. Now the colors are accurate 😎

#retrocomputing #msx #canonv20 #8bits

Show threadF4GRX SébastienMay 19, 2025
@lfa COLOR 15,4
Show threadLFA 🇮🇨May 19, 2025
@f4grx Yep. That's it 😀
Show threadF4GRX SébastienMay 8, 2025

@lfa OH MY DOG MY CHILDHOOD COMPUTER! So long I had not seen the 28815 bytes free!

I was 9. It made me what I am.

I lost it after I gave it back to the person that lent it to me, and they sold it :(

Show threadLFA 🇮🇨May 8, 2025
@f4grx I was 7 and it contributed a lot to make what I am. The first computer I ever came into contact with was my friend’s ZX Spectrum. Then I got this one as a present and the rest is history 😅.
Show threadF4GRX SébastienMay 8, 2025
@lfa so cool!
Show threadHarald EilertsenMay 8, 2025
@lfa :emacs: :tux: :freebsd: Wow, that's so cool!

Never had an MSX machine myself (I had the Dragon 32, and later 64), but remember when they came. They were pretty nice machines for their time.
Show threadLFA 🇮🇨May 8, 2025
@harald I must confess that I wanted a ZX Spectrum but my dad was the one who went to the store and the seller convinced him of buying this one. In the end, it turned out to be a good purchase 😆
Show threadJustin SkistsMay 8, 2025
@lfa Followed, for more retro goodness!! I don't think I have ever seen one of those, before....
Show threadLFA 🇮🇨May 8, 2025
@jskists Glad I could be the one to show it to you. This machine came in two versions: UK and FR. Mine was bought in Spain but it´s the UK version with Spanish User Manuals: QWERTY keyboard, RF and Monitor TV outputs. The french version was AZERTY and has only RGB output for video.