Wish there was more stock of them floating around. I think my September order is still scheduled for mid December at the moment.

I wanna say that Koshiro has stated that sampling FM synth waveforms into DS samples for the early EO games rekindled his love of FM and samplers - that's why a lot of his recent work has been FM based. But yeah shame about the 3DS OSTs. (This could be complete hearsay from my muddled memories).

These do work on non-MG machines too. VZ is probably setup to run in its special MG mode that needs the full MG DOS/V install for those special video modes - but running VZIBM should work on most English PC compatibles. NEED has an English COM file called NEEDE.

Also uploaded my copies of NEED and VZ since that website seems to be gone now. I wouldn't be surprised if these are still floating around on some Japanese website I can't find at the moment. Not the most permanent solution but I'd be sad if NEED disappeared. next.srv.hostvoid.net/index.php/s/...

Great news! I wish you luck - I never had tons of luck with non-MG specific software. That and when I could get CGA emulation working it ran slower than a PC XT. I had hoped to use it for a bit of coding but never had any luck besides GW-Basic. Certainly other people had better luck though.

I preferred using NEED on mine - an editor I've found very little on. I can't seem to find the webpage I originally downloaded it from. The MGTools archive file that was also mentioned on the Vogons thread seems gone so I uploaded it on a friends server for now. next.srv.hostvoid.net/index.php/s/...

Here's some native applications website I had saved that went down this year. web.archive.org/web/20240804... VZ Editor was a popular use case for this device so a lot of japanese MG sites are built for tips/plugins for that. You will need to go through more setup for that to work.

Ctrl+alt+delete doesn't really work without a software pack that I never had much luck with. I had to bring a paperclip with me anywhere I took my MG when I was using it more frequently for DND note taking and light writing. tanu.yokochou.com/mg/mobados_Q... Here's a decent older FAQ.

Once the app is registered and in the memory you shouldn't have to worry about doing this again as long as either your main or backup battery still has juice - I think I've only had to do this once or twice which is why my memory is so shaky on this. Also get used to resetting the PC.

Use these links from these links to transfer the app to the system memory and register the UniexitShell app. www.mobile-gear.net/howtoexe.htm www.mobile-gear.net/how_toroku.h... www.mobile-gear.net/test2.htm - These are technically for a different DOS launcher but should be the same workflow.

Anyways you'll need to make a folder called 登録ｿﾌﾄ on the flash card - the MobileGear should recognize this as the registered software folder. You'll need to get UniexitShell from a MG repository - that's the program that'll allow you to exit to the command line. Copy it into that folder.

Surprising to see lots of dead links for things that were available in the past couple years. Here's some steps that I'll be mostly guessing. You'll need a relatively small CF card + adapter or PCMCIA flash card that's been formatted for FAT16 - I've used 64/128mb Sandisk cards fine.

It's been awhile since my first setup so I only remember parts. Basically it boils down to putting a specific DOS launcher app on a flash memory card, then using the system's email client to move the app into the usable applications in the menu system. I'll check more in depth when I get off work.

Glad to see another DoCoMo MobileGear on my timeline. Lovely little things - though I never had much luck with the CGA emulation on mine besides getting it to run Rogue and WordStar.

It's such a beauty!

I've wanted one of the Pocket models for a bit. Those at least only use proprietary video modes though. Kinda like my NEC MobileGear with even less DOS software compatibility. The Pocket 3 did get a few simple games but doubt they'd run on these earlier models.
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This all reminds me of an incident on the PLATO system 45 years ago that I wrote about in my book The Friendly Orange Glow: