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title: Philips VG 8235
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Home Computer
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origins:
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- Netherlands
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years:
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- '1985'
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cpus:
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- Zilog Z80 A
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params:
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name: VG 8235
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company: /companies/philips
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company_name: Philips
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: VG 8235
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Philips
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- label: TYPE
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value: Home Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Netherlands
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1985'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: MSX-BASIC
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full stroke 73 keys with function keys and arrow keypad
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- label: CPU
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value: Zilog Z80 A
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- label: SPEED
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value: 3.58 MHz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: V9938 (video), S3527 (RAM, I/O, Keyboard, Tape, Centronics, Sound)
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- label: RAM
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value: 128 KB
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- label: VRAM
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value: 128 KB
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- label: ROM
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value: 64 KB
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 40 or 80 chars x 24 lines
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 'seven graphic modes : 512 x 212 pixels maximum'
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- label: COLORS
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value: 256 simultaneously maximum among 512
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- label: SOUND
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value: three channels, 8 octaves
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Centronics, Cardridge (2), Floppy Disk, Tape, RGB, Joystick (2)
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: One single sided 3.5'' FDD
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- label: OS
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value: MSX DOS
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built_in power supply unit
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tabs:
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- photos
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- hardware
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- emulators
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- links
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photos:
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- title: ANOTHER VIEW
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: BOX
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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hardware:
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- title: NATIONAL CF-2131
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subtitle: 16 KB RAM expansion
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/national_cf2131_16k-cart.jpg
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- title: CASIO OR-216 - 16 KB RAM EXPANSION
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subtitle: Box
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/casio_or216_16kbramexpansion_box.jpg
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- title: PHILIPS RAM EXPANSION
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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RAM expansion and LOGO language cartridges.
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Thanks to Daniele from Italy
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image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg8020_cartridges_s1.jpg
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- title: MEGA RAM DISK 256
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subtitle: from DDX (Brazil)
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text: This is the famous Megaram cartridge made in Brzail, used to play all Konami cracked Megarom games.6401999243
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image: /media/museum/hardware/msx_megaram256-ddx_1.jpg
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- title: PANASONIC FS-IFA1 & FW-RSU1W
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subtitle: Scanner/Printer interface
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text: The FS-IFA1 is the printer/scanner interface (left on the picture) and the FW-RSU1W is the handheld scanner (right on the picture). These expansions are for MSX2 systems.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/msx_fs-ifa1_fw-rsu1w.jpg
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- title: SONY HBI-232
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subtitle: RS232c cartridge
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text: Used to connect serial printers.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/sony_msx_rs232c-cartridge.jpg
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- title: 'YAMAHA MOUSE #1'
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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This mouse was compatible with all MSX systems. It connects to the first Joystick port.
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Thanks to **www.zonadepruebas.com**
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image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_mouse_s2.jpg
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- title: 'YAMAHA MOUSE #2'
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Brand new!
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Thanks to **www.zonadepruebas.com**
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image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_mouse_s1.jpg
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- title: PHILIPS VW0020
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subtitle: 80-col dot-matrix printer
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text: |-
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This printer was a rebadged version of the Seikosha GP-500.\
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It was a 80-column, 50 CPS model with a 7x5 dot matrix head.\
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Commodore and Atari used same hardware basis for their MPS-801 and 1029 printers.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg8020_printervw0020_s1.jpg
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- title: SANYO PHC-DR II
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subtitle: Side
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc-drii_side_1.jpg
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- title: SANYO PHC-DR II
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subtitle: Front
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc-drii_front_1.jpg
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- title: SANYO DR-202
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subtitle: ''
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text: The ADSS system allowed to quickly search a specific program in a cassette tape and load it. Seach time for a C60 cassette was less than 1 minute.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc28_dr202tapedrive_s1.jpg
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- title: NATIONAL RQ-8030
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subtitle: tape-recorder
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/national_tape_rq8030.jpg
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- title: BIT-CORDER
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subtitle: ''
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text: Cassete recorder dedicated to Hit-Bit MSX systems, though it could be used with any home computers.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/sony_hb201_bitcorder_1.jpg
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emulators:
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- title: fMSX for MS DOS Homepage
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url: http://www.komkon.org/~dekogel/fmsx.html
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platform: MS DOS
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text: ''
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- title: fMSX for MS DOS Homepage
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url: http://www.komkon.org/~dekogel/fmsx.html
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platform: MS DOS
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text: ''
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- title: BlueMSX
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url: http://www.bluemsx.com/
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platform: Windows
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text: Excellent free MSX emulator
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- title: BrMSX
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url: http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/brmsx.htm
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platform: Windows
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text: A Bresilian MSX Emulator written in 100% assembler
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- title: BrMSX
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url: http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/brmsx.htm
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platform: Windows
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text: A Bresilian MSX Emulator written in 100% assembler
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- title: CompuJunk's MSX Emulator
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url: http://ftp.castel.nl/msx/
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platform: Windows
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text: A MSX1 and MSX2 Emulator
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- title: CompuJunk's MSX Emulator
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url: http://ftp.castel.nl/msx/
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platform: Windows
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text: A MSX1 and MSX2 Emulator
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- title: RuMSX
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url: http://members.eunet.at/lexlechz/msx.html
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platform: Windows
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text: A MSX Emulator for Win95 and Win NT + Direct X
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- title: RuMSX
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url: http://members.ping.at/lexlechz/msx.html
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platform: Windows
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text: A MSX Emulator for Win95 and Win NT + Direct X
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- title: Virtual MSX
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url: http://www.msxnet.org/vmsx/
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platform: Windows
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text: An other MSX 1 emulator for Win 95 / Win NT
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- title: fMSX for MAC OS Homepage
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url: http://www.emulation.net/msx/index.html
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platform: Apple
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text: ''
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- title: fMSX for MAC OS Homepage
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url: http://www.emulation.net/msx/index.html
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platform: Apple
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text: ''
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- title: fMSX official Homepage
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url: http://www.komkon.org/fms/fMSX
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platform: Other platform
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text: 'fMSX is a portable MSX emulator ported on : Amiga OS, Mac OS, MS DOS, OS/2, Sony Playstation, Risc OS, Towns OS, Unix / X, Win95 / NT, X68K.'
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- title: fMSX official Homepage
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url: http://www.komkon.org/fms/fMSX
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platform: Multiplatform
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text: 'fMSX is a portable MSX emulator ported on : Amiga OS, Mac OS, MS DOS, OS/2, Sony Playstation, Risc OS, Towns OS, Unix / X, Win95 / NT, X68K.'
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- title: openMSX - The MSX emulator that aims for perfection.
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url: http://openmsx.sourceforge.net/
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platform: Multiplatform
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text: This new MSX emulator can reproduce, among many other MSX, MSX2and MSX2+ machines, both Panasonic Turbo-R models. Be sure to get the catapult frontend and the system roms from FUNET.
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links:
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- title: Baboo!
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url: http://www.baboo.net/baboo.shtml
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text: MSX dedicated Yahoo clone. Essential !
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- title: FILE-HUNTER.COM
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url: http://www.file-hunter.com/
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text: Excellent! All MSX emulators, sources and utilities!
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- title: FTP da MSXBr-L/MSX.Org.Br
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url: http://www.caetano.eng.br/msxsoft/
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text: Excellent brasilian software archive
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- title: MOAI TECH
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url: http://www.moai-tech.com/
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text: Spanish/English website with interesting content
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- title: MSX Hardware List
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url: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/hardware.html
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text: An impressive list of MSX hardware. The Bible !!!
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- title: MSX Ressource Center
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url: http://www.msx.org/
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text: Essential site !
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- title: Possi's Konami MSX Page
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url: http://dynamo.geol.msu.ru/MSX/
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text: Nice page dedicated to all Konami MSX games (roms, scans, mids, etc.)
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- title: The MSX Games Box
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url: http://www.msxgamesbox.com
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text: All about MSX gaming (games, covers.etc.). More Fun, Less Mhz!
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- title: The MSX Museum BOX
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url: http://www.msxmuseumbox.com
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text: More than 190 different MSX models in pictures.
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- title: The ultimate MSX Faq
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url: http://www.faq.msxnet.org
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text: Here, you can find near all hardware pieces related to MSX.
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- title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
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url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
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text: The MSX home computer system
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comments:
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- author: Roger Jowett (Ulster Londonderry)
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date: Saturday 6th April 2013
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text: |-
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v$zsjTpFR0oYQ\
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please help we have zx spectrum 48k and one 128k program running at 6mhz using external ram and snapper discs from velesoft site
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- author: Jorge (Portugal)
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date: Saturday 25th August 2012
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text: Had the fortune of owning one of these here in Portugal, it was a high quality machine and very expensive (about 500 euros at the time!) and also a corresponding Philips dark grey monochromatic monitor.
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- author: Geert Jalink
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date: Friday 13rd April 2012
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text: We had this system at school. I had the vg8230 so i could not play all games.
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- author: AndiP
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date: Sunday 15th May 2011
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text: |-
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Hello,\
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I search the manuals for the VG8235 to download in german or english.
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Thanks Andreas
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- author: Svetlana
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date: Friday 17th September 2010
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text: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v$lowKKphBms4
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- author: HERROU (PARIS)
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date: Sunday 7th July 2002
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I FETCH A BASIC LANGUAGE LIKE ON THE PHILIPS VG-8235 CD-ROOM PRATICABLE ON WINDOW\
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(compaq presario portable 1700)\
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THANK YOU
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oc_id: 251
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230606202319/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=251
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date: '2023-06-06'
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The Philips VG-8235 belongs to the [MSX 2](/museum/msx-2/) standard.
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For its release, Philips presented the VG-8235 as the first link of their audio-video-micro concept, being able to use the newly announced **CD-i** system, but few VG-8235 were actually seen connected to a CD-i.
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It was the successor of the the short-lived **VG 8230**, wich only had 64K RAM and a single sided disk drive.
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Contrary to other MSX computers, the Philips used a custom chip for the sound instead of the "classic" Yamaha YM-2149.
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The computer could use all of its 128 KB memory, the MSX-2 standard allows a computer to have 4 slots, whish in turn can all have 4 sub-slots, which can each hold a memory-mapper, which can be up to 4MB in size. In theory, therefore, an MSX-2 computer can hold 4x4x4 = 64MB RAM. However, the system ROM etc usually needs a (sub)slot, and so do other peripherals.
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It was followed by the **NMS-8245**, a VG 8235 with a new case, no tilted keyboard and double-sided disk drive; then by the **NMS-8250**, an MSX-2 model with detached keyboard, the **NMS-8255**, same as the NMS8250, but with two floppy drives built-in, and the (legendary) **NMS-8280**, an MSX-2 computer with video-processing capabilities built into it.
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**Taneli Lukka** from Finland adds:\
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VG-8235 is one of the few MSX2 computers to be at least semi-widely distributed in Europe, mainly in The Netherlands.\
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The machine is quite solidly built and the keyboard can be tilted between two different positions for better ergonomics. The only real problem is the disk drive which is single sided and can so only use half of the disks capacity. Most commercial disk based MSX2 software refuses to run on the machine for the same reason. The drive is also quite fragile and most of them are no longer in working condition.
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<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
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