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title: Sony Hit-Bit 55
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categories:
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- Computers
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params:
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name: Hit-Bit 55
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company: /companies/sony
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company_name: Sony
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tabs:
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- photos
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- adverts
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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: SILVER MODEL
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: RED MODEL
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: LEFT & RIGHT SIDES
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subtitle: ''
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text: Two joystick connectors are located on the right side.
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image: null
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- title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP
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subtitle: ''
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text: In spite of its flat keys, the keyboard has a goof typing feeling.
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image: null
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- title: REAR CONNECTORS
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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**(1)** Expansion connector, protected by a plastic lid\
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**(2)** RF/aerial video output\
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**(3)** Parallel printer connector\
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**(4)** Tape recorder DIN socket (In, Out and remote control).\
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**(5)** Composite PAL video output, some models had a RGB output, depending on the country they were sold.\
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Pal pinouts:\
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1 - +12v\
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2 - Composite video out\
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3 - Ground\
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5 - Not used\
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6 - Audio out
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image: null
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- title: MOTHERBOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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**(1)** Z80 microporsessor, here a Sharp version\
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**(2)** Yamaha sound generator chip, AY-8910 equivalent\
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**(3)** 16 KB user RAM (8x4116)\
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**(4)** 16K BASIC and 8K built-in applications ROMs\
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**(5)** TMS 9929 video chip and its heat sink\
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**(6)** 16 KB video RAM (8x4116)\
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**(7)** Keyboard connectors\
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**(8)** Power supply connector\
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**(9)** 8255 I/O chip\
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**(10)** Provision is made for a SCART interface and socket.
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image: null
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- title: INSIDE ELECTRONICS
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subtitle: ''
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text: One can spot the power transformer and a rather complicated add-on card which holds the power regulation and video output components.
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image: null
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- title: BOOT SCREEN
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Boot screen allowing to select built-in firmware options or the Basic interpreter.
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Thanks to **Jorge A. Gutiérrez**
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image: null
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- title: BUILT-IN SOFTWARE
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subtitle: ''
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text: This is the HB-55 running the built-in schedule software...
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image: null
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adverts:
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- title: JAPANESE ADVERT (1984)
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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: SONY EXPANSIONS
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subtitle: ''
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text: This is a most complete HB-55 system with a Sony monitor, disk-drive, printer, joystick and infra-red controller, game cartridges, memory cartridge, etc.
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image: null
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: ESLES (DSS)
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date: Tuesday 17th January 2012
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text: My first computer... I love It!
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- author: ESLES (DSS)
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date: Tuesday 17th January 2012
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text: My first computer... I love It!
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- author: Alberto (Madrid (Spain))
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date: Friday 3rd January 2003
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text: :) ooh I really love the Sony MSX machines... thankyou very much for this info. Best regards.
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related:
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- /museum/canon-v-10
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- /museum/canon-v-20
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- /museum/canon-v-8
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- /museum/casio-mx-10-mx-101
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- /museum/casio-pv-16
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- /museum/casio-pv-7
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- /museum/epcom-sharp-hotbit-hb-8000
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- /museum/fujitsu-fm-x
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- /museum/general-paxon-pct-50
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- /museum/goldstar-fc-80-fc-200
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- /museum/gradiente-expert-plus
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- /museum/gradiente-expert-xp-800
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- /museum/hitachi-ah-200
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- /museum/hitachi-h1-h1e
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- /museum/hitachi-h2
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- /museum/mitsubishi-ml-f110-ml-f120
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- /museum/mitsubishi-ml-f48-ml-f80
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- /museum/mitsubishi-ml-fx1-fx2
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- /museum/mitsubishi-ml-g10
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- /museum/msx-1
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- /museum/national-cf-2000
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- /museum/national-cf-2700
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- /museum/national-cf-3000
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- /museum/national-fs-4000
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- /museum/national-fs-4500
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- /museum/olympia-phc-2
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- /museum/panasonic-cf-2700
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- /museum/philips-nms-801
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- /museum/philips-vg-8000-8010
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- /museum/philips-vg-8020
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- /museum/philips-vg-8235
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- /museum/pioneer-palcom-px-7
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- /museum/sanyo-mpc-100
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- /museum/sanyo-phc-28
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- /museum/sanyo-phc-30
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- /museum/sanyo-phc-33
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- /museum/sanyo-wavy-10-mpc-10
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- /museum/sanyo-wavy-23
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- /museum/sanyo-wavy-3
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- /museum/schneider-philips-mc-810
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- /museum/sony-hit-bit-10
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- /museum/sony-hit-bit-101
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- /museum/sony-hit-bit-20
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- /museum/sony-hit-bit-201
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- /museum/sony-hit-bit-501
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- /museum/sony-hit-bit-75
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- /museum/spectravideo-svi-728
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- /museum/toshiba-hx-10-pasopia-iq
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- /museum/toshiba-hx-20-hx-21-pasopia-iq
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- /museum/toshiba-hx-52
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- /museum/victor-hc-6
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- /museum/yamaha-cx5
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- /museum/yamaha-cx5m-music-computer
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- /museum/yamaha-sx-100
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- /museum/yamaha-yis-303
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- /museum/yamaha-yis-503-diabolik
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- /museum/yashica-yc-64
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- /museum/yeno-dpc-64
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- /museum/yeno-mx-64
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oc_id: 784
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230328221645/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=784
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date: '2023-03-28'
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The Hit-Bit 55 was a classic [MSX1](/museum/msx-1/) computer. It was very similar to the [Hit-Bit 75](/museum/sony-hit-bit-75/). Its most distinctive sign was its flat but good quality keyboard. It was one of the few MSX with the [Philips VG-8000](/museum/philips-vg-8000-8010/) to have a low-cost keyboard.
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Unlike the HB-75, it had only 16 KB RAM. There was a built-in software (scheduler and memo) which was a kind of cut-down version of the one built-in the HB-75, program size was only 8 KB against 16 KB on the HB-75, it seems that some version had the 16 KB version though. To save files made with this apps, a 4K S-RAM non-volatile cartridge was used (called HBI-55).
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The Hit-Bit 55 was clearly marketed as the low-range MSX model of the Hit-Bit serie. It was also available in a red and black cases.
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<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this console ! 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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