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What do we have in here? So I ordered a Philips VG-5000 on eBay. Even though the name is similar to the VG-8000, it's not actually an MSX computer, it's still a pretty cool computer. One, because it arrives boxed, so it has its own box (without polystyrene), even if it is not in excellent condition. As the seller says, the computer is tested and working. So I bought it working, let's at least hope it is. And it also has two other advantages. The first is French, so it has a keyboard that is not exactly the ones we know. It is not with the QWERTY standard, therefore with the key sequence as we know it, but it has a French key sequence, so it starts with AZERTY. And it's quite interesting because I don't seem to have any French computers in my collection.
Another interesting thing, which is why I ordered this computer, is that I participated in the auction and luckily I won it. This computer has the VG-0022 power supply, which is compatible with the Philips VG8010 that I purchased. I had already shown in the videos that it had no power supply. Do you remember how I fed it? What I had to do was take the alligator clips, stick them inside the connector. Sometimes I used the Amiga's power supply, sometimes it didn't work. It was a disaster! So, if everything goes as it should, I will also have a power supply for my Philips VG-8010.
Well, today we're unboxing this package. Let's see what's inside. Let's see if everything is really in the conditions declared by the seller, but we won't test it today. We'll try it in another video. The package looks very good externally. First of all, it's rigid, it's not like those packages that arrive limp in which pieces come out, there are holes, etc. It's nice and rigid and quite generous in size so I can expect the packaging to be well done inside. There is a writing that I don't understand, because it says Philips 3,800. In reality it should be Philips VG5000 (or VG5K), but come on, now we don't really have to nitpick. Let's start opening the package and see what's inside.
It almost becomes ASMR with these package unpacking paper noises!
And here it is, the box is actually not in really great condition. It is in just barely sufficient condition. Come on, let's see what's in here. Oh, this is interesting because there is already the video cable with the scart, it also helps me in the testing operations when we do it in another video.
VG5000 (VG5K) computers. And in decent condition too, in short! Handsome! I like! More packaging material… Listen to that noise…
And the power supply which, given its weight, must certainly be switching, because it is very light.
There's something else in the box: the manual, which I won't understand because it's in French!
And I would say enough. So, the box is missing the polystyrenes.
And here it is, the lot I just cleaned and sorted: the Philips VG-5000 computer!
The power supply that interests me so much (Philips VG0022).
The useless manual for the VG5000 computer (I won't understand it anyway).
The video cable that goes from the DIN video connector to the SCART on the television.
And the box is in... well, pitiful, discreet conditions... you decide!
I'm not that big of a box fan anyway. Of course, if the computer is boxed, everyone likes it, but for me what matters is having the hardware working. In this case it should be.
See you in the next video, where I will try it, I will also check the power supply voltages and we will see if it works. See you soon! Please, if you liked the video, leave a like, subscribe to the channel and activate the notification bell. Bye bye!