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Historia
After the (relative) success of the MSX 1 computer (in Japan, Europe and South America), Microsoft and ASCII presented its successor. The main new feature was the very enhanced graphic modes, no other computers were able to display such graphics! The 128 KB VRAM was very impressive! It had a battery-backed clock and a new MMU (to handle more than the Z80 64KB limit). The MSX 2 standard, like the MSX 1, was designed by ASCII, the new operating system MSX DOS 2.0 was designed by Microsoft (its almost a copy of MS-DOS 3.3). A while after launching the MSX 2 standard, Microsoft abandoned the project, but several manufacturers took it over. *Canon V25 V30 V35 *Daewoo/Yeno IQ-2000 CPC-300 (RAM 128KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB) (1986/Korea) IQ-2000 CPC-300E (RAM 64KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB / No Joystick Port) (1987/Korea) X-II CPC-400 (RAM 128KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB / 1 FDD / Hangul Font) (1987/Korea) X-II CPC-400S (RAM 128KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB / 1 FDD / Hangul Font / Superimpose) (1988/Korea) Zemmix *Carchano - ACVS (Brazil) solo accesorios Upgrade Kit Expert2 Expert3 DDX (Brazil, upgrade kit) *Hitachi MB-H3 MB-H70 *JVC (a.k.a. Victor Company of Japan, Limited) HC 180 HC 90 HC 95 *National FS-5500F1/F2 (RAM 64KB / VRAM 128KB / 1 or 2 FDDs / JIS 1st Class Kanji / Superimpose) (1985/Japan) FS-4500 (RAM 64KB / VRAM 128KB / 1 Printer / JIS 1st Class Kanji) (1986/Japan) FS-4700 (RAM 64KB / VRAM 128KB / 1 FDD / 1 Printer / JIS 1st Class Kanji) (1986/Japan) FS-5000F2 (RAM 128KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB / 2 FDDs / JIS 1st Class Kanji) (1986/Japan) FS-4600 (RAM 128KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB / 1 FDD / 1 Printer / JIS 1st Class Kanji) (1986/Japan) *Mitsubishi MLG 10 MLG 30 ML-TS2H ML-F120 *Panasonic FS-A1 (RAM 64KB / VRAM 128KB) (1986/Japan) FS-A1MK2 (RAM 64KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB) (1987/Japan) FS-A1F (Japan) (RAM 64KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB / 1 FDD / JIS 1st Class Kanji) (1987/Japan) FS-A1FM (Japan) (RAM 64KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB /1 FDD / 1 Modem / JIS 1st Class Kanji) (1988/Japan) *Philips (the Netherlands) VG-8220 (64kB RAM, 128kB VRAM, built-in Designer program) a.k.a. NMS8220 VG-8230 (64kB RAM (no memory mapper), 128kB VRAM, 360kB 3,5 floppy disk drive) VG-8235 (128kB RAM, 128kB VRAM, 360kB 3,5 floppy disk drive) VG-8240 (64kB RAM, 128kB VRAM, 360kB 3,5 floppy disk drive, looks like VG 8230 but with built-in superimpose, rare) NMS-8220 / 1st released version NMS-8220 / 2nd released version NMS-8245 (128kB RAM, 128kB VRAM, 1 720kB 3,5 floppy disk drive) NMS-8250 (128kB RAM, 128kB VRAM, 1 720K 3,5 floppy disk drive, separate keyboard) NMS-8255 (128kB RAM, 128kB VRAM, same as NMS 8250 but with 2 720K 3,5 floppy disk drives) NMS-8280 (128kB RAM, 128kB VRAM, same as NMS 8255 but with superimpose and digitizing capacities) *Sanyo AX 370 (Arabic) Wavy 2 Wavy 23 *Sony HB-F1 (RAM 64KB / VRAM 128KB) (1986/Japan) HB-F1II (RAM 64KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB) (1987/Japan) HB-F1XD (RAM 64KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB / 1 FDD) (1987/Japan) HB-F1XDMK2 (RAM 64KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB / 1 FDD) (1988/Japan) HB-F5 (RAM 64KB / VRAM 128KB / JIS 1st Class Kanji) (1985/Japan) HB-F500 (RAM 64KB / VRAM 128KB / 1 FDD / JIS 1st Class Kanji) (1985/Japan) HB-F500P HB-F700D (Germany) HB-F700F (France) HB-F700P HB-F700S (Spain) HB-F900 (RAM 256KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB / 2 FDDs / JIS 1st Class Kanji / Superimpose) (1987/Japan) HB-F9P (RAM 128KB / VRAM 128KB / built-in Memovision application software, with Sony datacartridge support but no built-in disk drive) HB-F9S (Spanish version of F9P) HB-G900P HB-T600 (RAM 128KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB /1 FDD / 1 Modem / JIS 1st Class Kanji / Terminal) (1986/Japan) HB-T7 (RAM 64KB / VRAM 128KB / 1 Modem / JIS 1st Class Kanji) (1986/Japan) *Spectravideo SV-838 (MSX2 compatible PC) *Talent (Argentina) TPC-310 (Sold in Argentina and Chile) TPC-311 (Sold in Argentina and Chile) TPC-312 (Sold in Argentina and Chile) DPC-300 (Sold in Chile) *Toshiba HX-33 HX-34 *Yamaha (Japan) AX 350 (Arabic) AX 500 (Arabic) YIS-503IIIR YIS-805/128R2 CX7M CX7M-128
Características
CPU Zilog Z80A or equivalent Velocidad 3.58 MHz Co-procesador Video Pantalla Processor : V9938 (MSX-VIDEO) RAM at least 64 KB VRAM at least 64 KB ROM 48 KB Modos de Texto 40 x 24 / 32 x 24 Modo gráfico 64 x 48 / 256 x 192 / 256 x 212 / 512 x 212 Coloresc 512 Sonido 3 channels, 8 octaves Puertos de entrada/salida Joystick(1 or 2), Cartridge(2), Tape(1200/2400 baud), RGB, Composite Video, Centronics, External Audio OS MSX DOS 2.0 (available on a optional cartridge)