MSX facts for kids

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MSX was the name of a home computer in the 1980s. It was Microsoft's attempt to create a standard for hardware makers, conceived by Microsoft Japan executive Kazuhiko Nishi. Even with Microsoft's involvement, MSX machines were rare in the United States and Britain, but they were popular in other markets. Eventually 5 million MSX-based units were sold worldwide.

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  The Spectravideo SV-328 is the predecessor of the MSX standard. Many MSX programs were unofficially ported to the SV-328 by home programmers.

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  Yamaha YIS503II MSX Personal Computer designed for Soviet schools—the abbreviature "КУВТ" means "Class of Teaching Computing Equipment)"

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  The Canon V-20 has 64 KB of RAM and the V-10 has 16 KB.

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  The Hotbit, developed by Sharp's Epcom home computer division, was a hit in Brazil.

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  Talent TPC-310 MSX2 computer, made in Argentina by Telematica (1988), based on a Daewoo design.

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  Dynadata DPC 200 MSX computer with a Dynadata DPF-550 disk drive, madenufactured in Korea for Daewoo and sold in Spain by Dynadata Informática.

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  MSX Sakhr AX150 (صخر), made in Japan by Yamaha for the Kuwaiti company Al Alamiah, sold in Egypt and the Gulf Cooperation Council states.

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  The Yashica YC-64 computer at the Computer and Video Game Console Museum of Helsinki in 2012.

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  Assembled GR8BIT kit

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  SymbOS, an alternative operating system

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  MSX Philips VG8020

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  Phillips Music Module

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  The effect of attribute clash when using the 256×192 high-resolution mode on MSX-1. To avoid it, the TMS9918 provides up to 32 sprites that can be superimposed over the main graphic screen.

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  MSX2+ computer: a Panasonic FS-A1WSX

See also

In Spanish: MSX para niños