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Hello, All!

I have just released fMSX-Maemo 3.5.4, the new version of my MSX/MSX2/MSX2+ emulator. The new version uses direct frame-buffer blitting and hardware scaling, adds an optional frame rate counter, and fixes several bugs. You can get the latest fMSX from Extras or from the fMSX home page:

http://fms.komkon.org/fMSX/

MSX is an old Z80-based family of home computers which appeared in 1982 as an attempt to establish a single standard in home computing similar to VHS in video. They were popular in Asian (Korea, Japan) and South American (Brazil, Chile) countries as well as in Europe (Netherlands, France, Spain) and former Soviet Union.

The MSX standard has been designed by a company called ASCII in cooperation with Microsoft which provided a firmware version of its BASIC for the machine. There is a widespread rumor that "MSX" stands for "MicroSoft eXtended". The MSX machines were produced by such giants as Sony, Yamaha, Panasonic, Toshiba, Daewoo, and Philips. The only MSX model ever sold in USA appears to be an early SpectraVideo machine.