Tokyo Retro Computer Users

Our meager party began with Sean and his hobbled Sony SMC-777C. The biggest setback was that the machine is intended for analog RGB but we only had the means to hook it up through it’s digital RGB output, meaning 8 fixed colors instead of 16 out of 4096 colors. It’s still a neat machine! A…

Our 26th meetup got off to a slow start, as Sean brought accessories and games for an X68000 that didn’t make it, and a PC-8801 believed not to display to any of our available devices using any of our available connectors. Bad timing, we had just removed the MSX from the locker the month before.…

Six members enjoyed our 25th meetup. Sean brought in his Pasopia7 for explosion-prevention courtesy of Edoardo and to play a few games. Considerable time was spent diagnosing the reason why the output would go nearly pitch-black when changing the background color. Justin arrived at the conclusion that it was behaving normally, given the circumstances. Curt…

Although a few of our regulars were not in attendance, we still managed a group of six happy campers at our most recent meet-up. Sean brought his FM-8 in for another visit. It’s had an upgrade performed since the last time it was there – a bubble memory cartridge was added. Tom brought in his…

We closed out 2021 with out final meetup for the year. Sean arrived first but didn’t bring a computer, just a kanji ROM card and an FM sound card. He was waiting for Curt to bring the FM-7 that he’d purchased on Sean’s behalf. After the failure of bringing a non-working FM sound card last…

This was one of our busiest meetups for sure. We numbered 9, including new (distant) member Vicky. 9 is not a record in terms of attendance, but the sense of busyness was magnified because nearly everyone had their own distinct project going on. Sean arrived first with his FM-7 and various expansion cards in tow.…

Our 21st meetup was hardware-heavy as Sean brought in a couple of computers for repair and Michelle brought in an entire Apple II setup, including floppy drive and full-size monitor, plus a couple of more compact setups courtesy of Curt and Saburo. Sean’s hardware included something familiar, the MZ-2500, though most of the time was…

It was a little smaller crowd than usual, as our regular members couldn’t line up their schedules on a single day. Hopefully everyone can make it next time! Sean brought his PC-8001 for some game-playing, and a Pasopia7 for minor repair. The PC-8001 has an interesting assortment of games available for it, including Asteroid Belt…