Looking for Fast Disk roms

More good news! I have recently bought a "Tronex Amazing 72+ Science Workshop" and built 5 of the 72 circuits listed, as well as a set of "helping hands" to help me solder. I think this means I will able to build an MSX2 computer by myself before Spring starts on 21-03-15. I may have to buy each chip separately, because someone told me that kits such as http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Design-your-own-Homebrew-Z80-DIY-Z... are no good. If I can't build an MSX2 computer myself, then I could get the money together to buy one by making and selling floppy drive emulators which use SD cards. I don't know if it's possible to get a device like this working on an MSX1 computer, because it may have to plug into a cartridge port, like the Megaflash ROM.

maybe a Gr8bit is something foryou?

Making a whole MSX2 is very very very expensive but here is what I can tell you. You will not have it finished in 2015. Rather expect 2016. Keep in mind that what you are about to do is enormously labour expensive and will tear you in pieces. You will need willpower beyond imagination and some tools as well. Think in logic probes, scopes, good well calibrated DVM's well established soldering skills but still the most important of all. Willpower. Ohw yeah, did I allready mention willpower. A huge undertaking of doing this will get on your nerves and nobody will take you seriously so you are practicly on your own and if you have no experience in insane projects you will propably go under with this one. I am telling you this because I have done these crazy things and I keep doing them over and over again and while I love to see people do the same things I still warn them not to. Unless you are really really really sure about this and you are sure about yourself to never give up on anything go ahead, if there is even the slightest doubt in your mind about this right now, just send bas an email and order and MSX2 and save yourself from the horrible suffer you are planning to undertake.

OK, in that case I'll have to buy an MSX2 computer. Unfortunately, I really want one which has a separate keyboard, instead of the "doorstop" type style of most 8 bit computers. I don't know how much it would cost me to get to Nijmegen or what other expenses would be involved, except getting a passport for £80 (€100.10).

I'm afraid I don't know what you mean by "nowind".

Of course, there is money to be made by making small devices to upgrade some classic computers, or to create new versions of these computers, but creating an MSX floppy drive emulator may be too expensive. There's already the Megacartridge SCC, or whatever it's called.

In the near future, I hope to make a useful device such as a camera which transmits a video signal to me of my electricity and gas meters which are outside my flat.

So basicly you need an MSX2 for 100 euro. Well thats simple. You need a NMS8250 it has everything you need. Separate keyboard. floppy drive is MSX2 lots of built in RAM and because a lot have been made they are readily available thus fairly cheap. Now lets say you just happen to say "ok I can miss just a little extra above the 100 euro" you can have that particular machine shipped to your place if you contact Bas. Then you will need more stuff like megaflashrom etc but you can pay for that later.

And I am sure that there are sellers that you can pay in advance per month if you like to split the costs over two months. You pay half first then half again and he sends it to you who knows.