Arabic MSX computers

Special objects in my collection are two Arabic MSX computers; the Al Alamiah AX170 MSX1 and the Al Alamiah AX500 MSX2 computer. Both computers are rare in Europe.

The entirely working Al Alamiah AX170 MSX1 I have imported from Egypt. The Al Alamiah AX500 MSX2 computer I bought from someone in The Netherlands. This computer is also working 100%, only some keys from the keyboard are malfunctioning. In fact the AX500 is originally a Yamaha MSX2 computer which is released by Al Alamiah. Because of the rareness it is still difficult to get some spare part to repair this. I hope it will be possible in the near future.

In Egypt I went on a hunt searching for Arabic MSX computers together with my wife. I speak a little Arabic and I had a little photobook with me (with picures of Al Alamiah MSX computers). We even had a special guide. Unfortunaly we did not find MSX computers. We did see a lot of strange computer shops and stores (some of them almost looked like little museums) and we had a lot of fun. So it was a nice search, without result.