[Sik]

http://www.bjsyouth....d.php?tid=36578

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这些没有被列入MD发售表中，也没有列在MODEM对应表中。可以在MODEM上使用，也对应所谓”ISDN超级终端“，如上图所示。超级终端的具体作用不得而知，日本雅虎曾经有卖25万日元的⑧。这也是MD系中”周边第一贵“（注：主机第一贵为”灵格风学习机“，软件第一贵为”俄罗斯方块“）

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These are not included in the MD Offering table, are not listed in the the MODEM corresponding table. Can be used in the MODEM, also corresponds to the so-called "ISDN HyperTerminal, as shown above. The specific role of the HyperTerminal is not known, Yahoo Japan has sold 250,000 yen ⑧. This is also the MD system "surrounding the first of your" (Note: Host your Linguaphone learning machine, the software in your "Tetris")

Other than the fact there's at least one in the wild and that it seems to do with... terminals, does anybody know anything else about this?

This post has been edited by Sik: 15 April 2012 - 12:26 AM

[LocalH]

ISDN? 1200-2400bps? Slowest signals ever sent across an ISDN line? Lol

[Sik]

LocalH, on 15 April 2012 - 10:37 AM, said:

ISDN? 1200-2400bps? Slowest signals ever sent across an ISDN line? Lol

The maximum the Mega Drive can do in serial mode is 4800 anyways, so don't expect much really. Also, I'm not sure if this is using the modem or not - if it does then I'd expect 2400 to be the cap since that's what the modem does.

And I still have no clear pics of the Ten Keypad (stumbled upon this looking for that... some kanji is too blurry even in the best pics available).

This post has been edited by Sik: 15 April 2012 - 05:55 PM

[Black Squirrel]

I found stuff on the Ten Key Pad a while ago... but that's the extent of my knowledge

[Black Squirrel]

oh look, someone was kind enough to save some pictures from an auction

it went for 53,000 yen, which is about £400, $650 USD

that was considered "cheap"

[Sik]

Black Squirrel, on 16 April 2012 - 06:33 AM, said:

I found stuff on the Ten Key Pad a while ago... but that's the extent of my knowledge

That's the pic I have been using, but sadly the kanji is way too blurry to be usable. I've been literally trying to guess off the simplest kanji and then looking for something that somewhat matched the shape, but I can't find anything for the top left and top right buttons because of the blurriness.

Black Squirrel, on 16 April 2012 - 06:47 AM, said:

it went for 53,000 yen, which is about £400, $650 USD

that was considered "cheap"

Considering the quote I posted originally said 250,000 yen, yes, that's cheap.

At least now we're sure it exists...

EDIT: better question, what makes use of this? I don't see any cartridge there...

This post has been edited by Sik: 16 April 2012 - 06:51 AM

[LocalH]

I'm gonna guess it works with the same software the standard modem works with.

[Sik]

LocalH, on 16 April 2012 - 11:25 AM, said:

I'm gonna guess it works with the same software the standard modem works with.

Except absolutely none of that software knows anything at all about terminals... though yes, mentioning bps implies serial mode, so the hardware interface is pretty much a given. Now the thing is the software-side protocol.

I don't know about a single ROM that knows about the Mega Terminal at all though, so I guess that means there's at least one more ROM to find out about.

[Black Squirrel]

I read somewhere that there's an "ISDN" setting on the Mega Modem (which presumably this connects to in some way).

don't know if that's true. I know next to nothing about this bit of hardware.

[Sik]

Got bored and started looking around for no reason...

http://www.asahi-net...mz/megax06.html
Sansan uses the Mega Terminal?!

Apparently, Sansan had two ways to connect two players on-line: through the servers (for which MD support has been shut down by now) and by connecting two systems directly through ISDN terminals (which doesn't require subscription anywhere so it still should work). In other words, it was being used like it was the equivalent of LAN for Mega Drive.

This post has been edited by Sik: 10 June 2012 - 02:27 AM

[Andlabs]

Sik just found these
http://blogs.yahoo.c...a/16708269.html
http://www.vgdiy.com...wthread&tid=196
Apparently only Sansan and Go Net use the (quite massive) thing... there's probably more information heere but it needs to be translated

This post has been edited by Andlabs: 25 March 2013 - 10:22 AM

[Meat Miracle]

Nice pictures on that yahoo blog! The serial number is visible; that's VERY helpful.

[Andlabs]

More from Sik
http://blogs.yahoo.c...d=16708269&no=3
...Sunsoft? (or rather the parent company Sun Electronics but still)

This post has been edited by Andlabs: 30 March 2013 - 03:07 AM

[Meat Miracle]

Yes, those pics were in the first link you dropped above, and yes it is Sun Electronics (literally Sun Denshi Kabushiki Kaisa on the serial sticker, but, you know, same company). Also, it is the 76th unit of its production run and it was made in 1990, so release date should be either 1990 or very early 1991.