so the solution was to just order one from amazon jp. it arrived today, and i got the PC-9801BX booting. even found a monitor laying around that accepts the weird 24 kHz hsync that the PC-98s output

Airlink in the UK seem to make some nice ones, but would prefer something in the EU so I don’t have to pay import tax + so much shipping

I wonder if I could just picoPSU mod it or something instead

@Tijn Oh those actually look nice! Issue is that it needs to specifically be 100V (Japanese standard) rather than 110/120V - 120V is sort of right on the edge of what these things are designed for and I figure it’s good to have a bit of headroom to allow for variations in line voltage

preferably an isolation transformer as well I guess, as I don’t have a grounded power cable

where on earth do i get a decently-made 220V->100V transformer in NL