Sanyo MBC550

Características

MANUFACTURER  	Sanyo
TYPE  	Home Computer
ORIGIN  	Japan
YEAR  	1982
END OF PRODUCTION  	1988
BUILT IN LANGUAGE  	Sanyo Basic
KEYBOARD  	QWERTY full-stroke keyboard with numeric keypad
CPU  	Intel 8088
SPEED  	3.58 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR  	Optional Intel 8087 math coprocessor
RAM  	128 KB or 256 KB depending models, includes 16 KB V-RAM
VRAM  	48 KB(includes 16 KB of main RAM)
ROM  	8 KB (IPL/CG)
TEXT MODES  	40 x 25 / 80 x 25
GRAPHIC MODES  	144 x 200 / 576 x 200 / 640 x 400 (or 640 x 200 ?)
COLOrsc  	8
SOUND  	Buzzer, can only generate a single buzztone sound (fixed duration)
SIZE / WEIGHT  	main unit : 380(W)x112(H)x360(D) mm
keyboard : 442(W)x45(H)x174(D) mm
I/O PORTS  	Centronics printer port, RS-232c (optional), RGB (DIN-8) & composite vide outputs, joystick/paddle (optional), keyboard (DIN-5), external ? (optional)
BUILT IN MEDIA  	MBC-550 : 1 x 51/4 disk-drive (160k)
MBC-555 : 2 x 51/4 disk-drive (160k)
MBC-555-2 : 2 x 51/4 disk-drive (360k)
OS  	MS-DOS 2.11, optional: CP/M 86 & Concurrent CP/M-86
POWER SUPPLY  	Built-in PSU
PERIPHERALS  	128 KB RAM expansion
PRICE  	MBC-550: £800 - MBC-555 £1150 (U.K., 1984)
MBC-555-2 : 14200 FF (France, january 1986)
MBC-55 : 178000 yens (Japan, 83)
MBC-555-3 : 16590 FF (France, january 1986)

Curiosidades

The Sanyo MBC-550 was the first of the legitimate clones of the IBM Personal Computer.