My very first programming experience was on an MSX. At least in my small circle, MSX (and the MSX-2) were at least as popular as Spectrum or the Commodore 64 in Europe. In the 90s (not sure what the current status is) the retro scene interest for MSX computers was quite active as well.
Me too. We had a MSX II (with tape drive, Floppy disk, green monitor etc.) I suppose it was the mid/late 80s, I was just a kid and I was using it to play games, use some programs (and MSX-DOS) and also do some experiments with MSX BASIC.
I remember it as a nice machine, and I was sad that it was not as popular as Commodore 64
