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+title: Sony Hit-Bit F500
+categories:
+- Computers
+types:
+- Professional Computer
+origins:
+- Japan
+years:
+- '1986'
+cpus:
+- Zilog Z80
+params:
+  name: Hit-Bit F500
+  company: /companies/sony
+  company_name: Sony
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: Hit-Bit F500
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Sony
+  - label: TYPE
+    value: Professional Computer
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: Japan
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: '1986'
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: Full-stroke keyboard with numeric keypad
+  - label: CPU
+    value: Zilog Z80
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: 3.58 MHz
+  - label: RAM
+    value: 64 KB
+  - label: VRAM
+    value: 128 KB
+  - label: ROM
+    value: 32 KB
+  - label: TEXT MODES
+    value: 80 x 26 / 40 x 24 / 32 x 24
+  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
+    value: 64 x 48 / 256 x 192 / 256 x 212 / 512 x 212
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: 16 / 16 - 256 / 16 among 512 / 4 - 16 among 512
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: 3 channels, 7 octaves
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: Joystick (2), Cardridge ports (3), Tape interface, Audio & Video output, RF videou output, SCART connector, Centronics, External drive connector, Keyboard, FDD connector
+  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
+    value: One 3.5'' disk-drive
+  - label: OS
+    value: MSX DOS
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: Built-in PSU
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  - emulators
+  - links
+  photos:
+  - title: HB-F500
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: 'PICTURE #2'
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: FRONT
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: Two cartridge slots, one 3.5" floppy disk drive, two joystick controllers, keyboard connector.
+    image: null
+  - title: BACK
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: 'Many connectors here (from left to right): RF video output (with channel 3/4 switch), external drive connector, third cartridge slot (hidden, just below the drive connector), audio & video output, tape interface, SCART connector, printer interface, power cord.'
+    image: null
+  emulators:
+  - title: fMSX for MS DOS Homepage
+    url: http://www.komkon.org/~dekogel/fmsx.html
+    platform: MS DOS
+    text: ''
+  - title: BlueMSX
+    url: http://www.bluemsx.com/
+    platform: Windows
+    text: Excellent free MSX emulator
+  - title: BrMSX
+    url: http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/brmsx.htm
+    platform: Windows
+    text: A Bresilian MSX Emulator written in 100% assembler
+  - title: CompuJunk's MSX Emulator
+    url: http://ftp.castel.nl/msx/
+    platform: Windows
+    text: A MSX1 and MSX2 Emulator
+  - title: RuMSX
+    url: http://members.ping.at/lexlechz/msx.html
+    platform: Windows
+    text: A MSX Emulator for Win95 and Win NT + Direct X
+  - title: Virtual MSX
+    url: http://www.msxnet.org/vmsx/
+    platform: Windows
+    text: An other MSX 1 emulator for Win 95 / Win NT
+  - title: fMSX for MAC OS Homepage
+    url: http://www.emulation.net/msx/index.html
+    platform: Apple
+    text: ''
+  - title: fMSX official Homepage
+    url: http://www.komkon.org/fms/fMSX
+    platform: Other platform
+    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.'
+  - title: fMSX32
+    url: HTTP://WWW.RETRODEV.INFO/
+    platform: Other platform
+    text: The excellent fMSX, but ported onto the GamePark GP32 handheld console.
+  - title: openMSX - The MSX emulator that aims for perfection.
+    url: http://openmsx.sourceforge.net/
+    platform: Multiplatform
+    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.
+  links:
+  - title: MSX Faq
+    url: http://www.faq.msxnet.org
+    text: Here, you can find near all hardware pieces related to MSX.
+  comments:
+  - author: Andre (France)
+    date: Thursday 5th August 2010
+    text: |-
+      Hi\
+      I was using some msx computers long ago, mainly for games.\
+      I had a Sony Hit Bit 700 that i sold to buy a pc but was missing it so much that i bought a used Sony Hit Bit F500 F (for France I guess). I still have it and its working fine for now. It is booting on Msx Basic, but I have no manual left (if u know of some pdf file ...). I have some game cartridges too.\
+      Greetings
+  - author: Francisco (Spain)
+    date: Saturday 1st December 2007
+    text: I really don't know as I have never used one of them, I've been reading about this computer and could be a GEM version (but, I'm not sure).
+  - author: Oscar (Spain)
+    date: Monday 27th December 2004
+    text: Maybe GEOS?
+  - author: Leandro (Brazil)
+    date: Friday 11th April 2003
+    text: Does anyone knows the name of the GUI that came with this computer?
+  related:
+  - /museum/canon-v-25
+  - /museum/jvc-hc-95
+  - /museum/kawai-kmc-5000
+  - /museum/msx-2
+  - /museum/panasonic-fs-a1
+  - /museum/panasonic-fs-a1f
+  - /museum/sony-hit-bit-f1xd
+  - /museum/sony-hit-bit-f700
+  - /museum/sony-hit-bit-f9
+  - /museum/sony-hit-bit-g900f
+  oc_id: 281
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230529182018/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=281
+    date: '2023-05-29'
+---
+
+Another member of the [MSX 2 family](/museum/msx-2/). This computer was intended to be a "semi-professional computer", with its built-in floppy disk unit, its separate keyboard and its mouse.
+
+It used a graphical interface on top of the MSX-DOS with windows and icons (and bears a striking resemblance to the first version of GEM).
+
+A nice computer, now if it wasn’t as expensive!
+
+<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>