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5337
Well, the cost of the machine on ebay + shipping to the states is nearing half the cost of the FPGA dev board... so I'm just going to bite the bullet and learn...
James Diffendaffer
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Sep 5, 2007
4:07 am
5338
Hi James, are you in the United States? How did you come to be a VZ fan, I didn't think the VZ200 got to the USA, or am I wrong? I would say try looking at...
richgoul
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Sep 5, 2007
4:22 am
5339
... Off the top of my dopey old memory.... The VZ-200/Laser 210 was sold as the Texet TX8000a both in the UK and for a very short period in the states. Forget...
David Maunder
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Sep 5, 2007
4:32 am
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Pretty sure it was the "Fellow" in Finland. I never knew any of this until this group started and links popped up on the internet, back in the day I thought...
intertek00@...
guy_thomason
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Sep 5, 2007
5:36 am
5341
... Yes, I'm in the US. There were a limited number of "Laser" machines shipped to the USA but I think only a handful of NTSC machines still exist and I only...
James Diffendaffer
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Sep 5, 2007
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On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:31:39 +0100, David Maunder ... The VZ-200 and its clones never reached the U.K. I think. I've never seen a 'Texet' of any kind and I've...
Ian Gledhill
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Sep 6, 2007
8:35 am
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Definitely was sold in the UK under the Texet label according to the research. http://www.gondolin.org.uk/hchof/reviews/yc-texet.html Given the review I am not...
Andrew Laird
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Sep 6, 2007
9:59 am
5344
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:58:47 +0100, Andrew Laird <andrew@...> ... To be honest, I doubt it. For one thing, the 'release date' on that page is the...
Ian Gledhill
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Sep 6, 2007
10:17 am
5345
... Well, given how bad the review was they may have killed off the release. There's certainly not much else on the internet about them apart from the two...
Andrew Laird
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Sep 6, 2007
10:53 am
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Well, there were definitely several Laser models released. I'm guessing the Texet was just a rebadged Laser a separate company was going to distribute as...
James Diffendaffer
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Sep 6, 2007
10:03 pm
5347
If anyone is on Facebook I created a group for VZ fans. Do a search :)...
Jason Oakley
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Sep 9, 2007
12:30 am
5348
... Welp, I searched and searched and I give up. However, saying that, I usually find everything Im looking for on the top shelf in my fridge......
David Maunder
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Sep 10, 2007
9:25 pm
5349
Thought I would post this here for interests sake. http://www.ti994.com/demonstration/ Remember there is an old Steve Ciarcia article on hooking up the...
Leslie Milburn
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Sep 10, 2007
10:14 pm
5350
... Cool. So who's gonna have a crack at this for the VZ? (he who speaks first usually is elected ain't he?)...
David Maunder
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Sep 10, 2007
10:34 pm
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It has already been done. Ever heard of MSX? BTW there are a couple videos on youtube that demonstrate the video modes of the Ti chip. It would be a big...
James Diffendaffer
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Sep 11, 2007
12:03 am
5352
FWIW, with this upgrade you should still be able to run the games on a VZ with an existing video upgrade mod. It would just be ugly 2 color....
James Diffendaffer
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Sep 11, 2007
12:09 am
5353
Oopsy! My fault, got some cross-talk there. My comment "Cool. So who's gonna have a crack at this for the VZ?" was in relation to the simple task of the site...
David Maunder
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Sep 11, 2007
1:27 am
5354
LMAO! That make a lot more sense to me....
James Diffendaffer
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Sep 11, 2007
1:34 am
5355
The videos I mentioned. http://youtube.com/watch?v=MoAMjxsM4HE http://youtube.com/watch?v=N8-8G26s24g BTW, the 9938 and 9958 are slightly better than the 9918....
James Diffendaffer
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Sep 11, 2007
1:52 am
5356
... I'll just add to it to my long VZ list of things to do when I-am-bored.com... Would it be wrong showing a coloured VZ demo in a photo of a 1970 ...
David Maunder
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Sep 11, 2007
1:53 am
5357
WHY????? Enjoyed the Youtube videos, and the posts going backwards and forwards, even though most of them are over my head and I haven't got a clue what they...
richgoul
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Sep 11, 2007
2:19 am
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There was a site posted here before which did review some VZ Games. ... From: richgoul RGoulstone@... Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:19:37 -0000 To:...
waulok@...
waulok
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Sep 11, 2007
2:32 am
5359
I guess that means Andrew is smarter than you.. but we all know that's not difficult ;) Hint: In the top left corner of your Facebook login, type vz200 and hit...
Jason Oakley
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Sep 11, 2007
10:59 am
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... Yep, that aint hard at all. I usually compare my IQ to that of a 5 ohm resistor.... Pfff.... 'Vz200' indeedly! I was trying 'vz', 'vzfans' 'vz fans'...
David Maunder
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Sep 11, 2007
8:24 pm
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There's an auction for what appears to be a complete VZ200 (box, manual, power supply, tv lead, demo tape) and 16K RAM expansion on eBay Germany. The auction...
James Diffendaffer
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Sep 20, 2007
5:29 pm
5362
Thought someone might be interested in this package currently for sale on the main online auction site in NZ. ...
richgoul
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Oct 15, 2007
8:48 pm
5363
If only I had the time :) I hope this allows attachments...
Jason Oakley
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Oct 18, 2007
8:26 am
5364
That's pretty cool dude! I always thought berzerk would have been a good port for the vz - I'll have a play with paintbrush! _____ From: vzemu@yahoogroups.com...
intertek
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Oct 18, 2007
10:26 am
5365
... Mmm, very cool indeedly. I have the time. I just don't have the programming skill. :)...
Dave Maunder
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Oct 18, 2007
9:39 pm
5366
... skill. :) I have both, but unfortunately, problem is i'm making games for the wrong computer (IBM) :( Valentin PS: A centepede game for the VZ would be...
Valentin
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