Tsushin Booster up for auction on yahoo

[herr-g]

http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r35052835
Unfortunately nothing for my wallet currently...

Greetings,
 herr-g

[Tatsujin]

our chris is the highbidder of 366'000yen 10 minutes 2 go!

[herr-g]

Congrats Chris 
The auction has ended for 374.000.
Phew 

[termis]

So what does this do exactly?  "PC tsuushin" as in modem communication?

Quite the rare item according to the description.  Though NOT verified to be working!

[nat]

Yes, somebody please explain exactly what this device does. And what's the "NEC SAMPLE" HuCard converter-looking-thing.

[grahf]

I would love to get a look at the PCB. I wish somebody would pull one apart and scan it. (hint, hint)
How many prototypes are out there i wonder?

[herr-g]

Yes, somebody please explain exactly what this device does. And what's the "NEC SAMPLE" HuCard converter-looking-thing.

It was NECs very early project for network playing. Unfortunately it never made it to practise.
As far as i'm aware the project started in 1987 (according to a prototype draft) while the hardware we know has been built around early 1989.
At the back of it you can find a phone jack connector.

Regarding the HuCard i guess it holds the OS for establishing the network service connection. But it's only a guess.

[Black Tiger]

Didn't at least one company use it in their offices?

[ccovell]

Here's some more info about the Tsushin Boosters, taken from Gekkan PC-Engine magazine in 1990.

http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/secrets5.html

Sorry for the blurry pics.

[peperocket]

Thank you chris for this pictures !
It seem to have a background editor and a BASIC compiler, someone know others features ??

[Carbon Tiger]

That does look interesting and probally would have a good bit of fun. One thing I've always found interesting is that the PC-E always seemed to be a little ahead in terms of the new video tech given the time period they were doing a lot of this hardware development in. But that seems true of a lot of the Japanese video game hardware vs. their American counterparts. At least IMO.

[Thibaut]

The HuCARD Sample contain the soft Tsushin Tool (made in june 1989). Between 50 to 100 Tsushin Booster had been produced.

[Necromancer]

Here's some more info about the Tsushin Boosters, taken from Gekkan PC-Engine magazine in 1990.

http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/secrets5.html

Sorry for the blurry pics.

Thanks for the info on this beast.  Does this mean that you're going to add modem support to Tongueman's Logic?   

[ccovell]

Yessir.  900 Baud multiplayer battle!   (1200 Baud if your opponent is in the same city...)

[termis]

Yessir.  900 Baud multiplayer battle!   (1200 Baud if your opponent is in the same city...)

Yowsers!  No wonder they gave up the idea.