Msx1
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MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s. It was a Microsoft-led attempt to create unified standards among hardware makers, conceived by one-time Microsoft Japan executive Kazuhiko Nishi. Despite Microsoft's involvement, MSX-based machines were seldom seen in the United States but were hugely popular in other markets. Eventually 5 million MSX-based units were sold world-wide.
Nishi proposed MSX as an attempt to create a single industry standard for home computers. Inspired by the success of VHS as a standard for video cassette recorders, many Japanese electronic manufacturers along with Goldstar, Philips and Spectravideo built and promoted MSX computers. Any piece of hardware or software with the MSX logo on it was compatible with MSX products of other manufacturers. In particular, the expansion cartridge form and function were part of the standard; any MSX expansion or game cartridge would work in any MSX computer.
Technical specifications
- Processor: Zilog Z80A running at 3.58 MHz
- ROM: 32 kB
- BIOS (16 kB)
- MSX BASIC V1.0 (16 kB)
- RAM: 8 kB minimum, up to 64 kB
- Video Display Processor: Texas Instruments TMS9918 family
- Video RAM: 16 kB
- Text modes: 40×24 and 32×24
- Resolution: 256×192 (16 colours)
- Sprites: 32, 1 colour, max 4 per horizontal line
- Sound chip: General Instrument AY-3-8910 (PSG)
- 3 channels + noise
Some well known MCX1 emulators today are:
- RuMSX v0.27
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