--- title: Panasonic CF-2700 categories: - Computers types: - Home Computer origins: - Japan years: - '1984' cpus: - Zilog Z80A params: name: CF-2700 image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_cf2700_system_s2.jpg company: /companies/panasonic company_name: Panasonic specs: - label: NAME value: CF-2700 - label: MANUFACTURER value: Panasonic - label: TYPE value: Home Computer - label: ORIGIN value: Japan - label: YEAR value: '1984' - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE value: Microsoft Extended Basic (MSX Basic V1.0) - label: KEYBOARD value: Full-stroke keyboard with 5 function keys and 4 arrow keys. 73 keys. - label: CPU value: Zilog Z80A - label: SPEED value: 3.58 MHz - label: CO-PROCESSOR value: 'Video chip compatible with the Texas Instruments TMS 9918/A or TMS 9928/A (Japan : 60 Hz) or TMS 9929/A (Europe : 50 Hz)' - label: RAM value: 64 KB - label: VRAM value: 16 KB - label: ROM value: 32 KB BASIC/BIOS ( MSX BASIC V1.0) - label: TEXT MODES value: |- Mode 0 : 40 x 24\ Mode 1 : 32 x 24 - label: GRAPHIC MODES value: |- Mode 2 : 256 x 192 with 16 colors (Hires mode)\ Mode 3 : 64 x 48 with 16 colors (Multi colour mode)\ 32 sprites - label: COLORS value: '16' - label: SOUND value: |- General Instruments AY-3-8910 Programmable Sound Generator\ 3 channels, 8 octaves - label: SIZE / WEIGHT value: 436 x 245 x 90 mm / approximately 3.6 Kg - label: I/O PORTS value: |- 2 x joystick sockets\ 2 x cardridge slots\ Tape-recorder interface (1200/2400 bauds)\ RGB video output\ RF & composite video output\ Centronics interface - label: OS value: MSX DOS - label: POWER SUPPLY value: Built-in power supply unit - label: PRICE value: Unknown tabs: - photos - hardware - emulators - links photos: - title: LARGE VIEW subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_cf2700_system_s1.jpg - title: RIGHT SIDE subtitle: '' text: Notice the two joystick connectors. image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_cf2700_rightside_s1.jpg - title: CLOE-UP subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_cf2700_keybcloseup_s1.jpg - title: REAR SIDE subtitle: '' text: |- **(1)** Parallel printer connector\ **(2)** Composite video and audio output jacks\ **(3)** Tape recorder DIN socket\ **(4)** TV/RF video jack image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_cf2700_rearside_s1.jpg - title: INSIDE subtitle: '' text: |- A very classical hardware design. **(1)** 16 video RAM chips (2 x 4416)\ **(2)** 64 KB main RAM chips (2 x 4464)\ **(3)** Metallic magnetic fields protection of the TMS 9929 video chip\ **(4)** Nec 8255 I/O chip\ **(5)** General Instruments AY-8910 sound generator chip\ **(6)** BIOS and Basic 32 KB ROM chip\ **(7)** Z80 processor, here a Nec D780C version\ **(8)** Cartridge connectors image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_cf2700_inside_s1.jpg hardware: - title: NATIONAL CF-2131 subtitle: 16 KB RAM expansion text: '' image: /media/museum/hardware/national_cf2131_16k-cart.jpg - title: CASIO OR-216 - 16 KB RAM EXPANSION subtitle: Box text: '' image: /media/museum/hardware/casio_or216_16kbramexpansion_box.jpg - title: PHILIPS RAM EXPANSION subtitle: '' text: |- RAM expansion and LOGO language cartridges. Thanks to Daniele from Italy image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg8020_cartridges_s1.jpg - title: MEGA RAM DISK 256 subtitle: from DDX (Brazil) text: This is the famous Megaram cartridge made in Brzail, used to play all Konami cracked Megarom games.6401999243 image: /media/museum/hardware/msx_megaram256-ddx_1.jpg - title: PANASONIC FS-IFA1 & FW-RSU1W subtitle: Scanner/Printer interface 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. image: /media/museum/hardware/msx_fs-ifa1_fw-rsu1w.jpg - title: SONY HBI-232 subtitle: RS232c cartridge text: Used to connect serial printers. image: /media/museum/hardware/sony_msx_rs232c-cartridge.jpg - title: 'YAMAHA MOUSE #1' subtitle: '' text: |- This mouse was compatible with all MSX systems. It connects to the first Joystick port. Thanks to **www.zonadepruebas.com** image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_mouse_s2.jpg - title: 'YAMAHA MOUSE #2' subtitle: '' text: |- Brand new! Thanks to **www.zonadepruebas.com** image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_mouse_s1.jpg - title: PHILIPS VW0020 subtitle: 80-col dot-matrix printer text: |- This printer was a rebadged version of the Seikosha GP-500.\ It was a 80-column, 50 CPS model with a 7x5 dot matrix head.\ Commodore and Atari used same hardware basis for their MPS-801 and 1029 printers. image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg8020_printervw0020_s1.jpg - title: SANYO PHC-DR II subtitle: Side text: '' image: /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc-drii_side_1.jpg - title: SANYO PHC-DR II subtitle: Front text: '' image: /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc-drii_front_1.jpg - title: SANYO DR-202 subtitle: '' 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. image: /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc28_dr202tapedrive_s1.jpg - title: NATIONAL RQ-8030 subtitle: tape-recorder text: '' image: /media/museum/hardware/national_tape_rq8030.jpg - title: BIT-CORDER subtitle: '' text: Cassete recorder dedicated to Hit-Bit MSX systems, though it could be used with any home computers. image: /media/museum/hardware/sony_hb201_bitcorder_1.jpg 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.eunet.at/lexlechz/msx.html platform: Windows text: A MSX Emulator for Win95 and Win NT + Direct X - 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: Multiplatform 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: 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: Baboo! url: http://www.baboo.net/baboo.shtml text: MSX dedicated Yahoo clone. Essential ! - title: FILE-HUNTER.COM url: http://www.file-hunter.com/ text: Excellent! All MSX emulators, sources and utilities! - title: FTP da MSXBr-L/MSX.Org.Br url: http://www.caetano.eng.br/msxsoft/ text: Excellent brasilian software archive - title: MOAI TECH url: http://www.moai-tech.com/ text: Spanish/English website with interesting content - title: MSX Hardware List url: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/hardware.html text: An impressive list of MSX hardware. The Bible !!! - title: MSX Ressource Center url: http://www.msx.org/ text: Essential site ! - title: Possi's Konami MSX Page url: http://dynamo.geol.msu.ru/MSX/ text: Nice page dedicated to all Konami MSX games (roms, scans, mids, etc.) - title: The MSX Games Box url: http://www.msxgamesbox.com text: All about MSX gaming (games, covers.etc.). More Fun, Less Mhz! - title: The MSX Museum BOX url: http://www.msxmuseumbox.com text: More than 190 different MSX models in pictures. - title: The ultimate MSX Faq url: http://www.faq.msxnet.org text: Here, you can find near all hardware pieces related to MSX. - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com text: The MSX home computer system comments: - author: Roger Jowett (Ulster Londonderry) date: Saturday 6th April 2013 text: |- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v$zsjTpFR0oYQ please help we have zx spectrum 48k and one 128k program running at 6mhz using external ram and snapper discs from velesoft site - author: Alphamale2039 (Europe) date: Thursday 4th January 2007 text: About the 2 cartridge slots, of some MSX computers... 1 Cartridge slot could be used to insert a music-module or FM-pack, and then if you inserted a game-cartridge in slot 2, you had better sound/music with digital sound. - author: Trond (Norway) date: Friday 9th December 2005 text: |- I love this machine! Spent a lot of time with it when I was 11-14 years old, even learned how to do Assembly on it... At the time, PCs were slow in comparison. The Z80A had a lot of registers, which made it the most powerful 8-bit CPU ever. The 8080 and 8086 where much smaller and less versatile. Z80s are still used today, often in embedded systems, like network cards. - author: Chaoticjelly (UK) date: Monday 2nd August 2004 text: Seems like a very nice little computer, unusual directional pad on the unit itself... like the colour... not sure what the point of having two cart slots is, as I couldnt get mine to do anything with two slots (can you switch between them??) related: - /museum/canon-v-10 - /museum/canon-v-20 - /museum/canon-v-8 - /museum/casio-mx-10-mx-101 - /museum/casio-pv-16 - /museum/casio-pv-7 - /museum/epcom-sharp-hotbit-hb-8000 - /museum/fujitsu-fm-x - /museum/general-paxon-pct-50 - /museum/goldstar-fc-80-fc-200 - /museum/gradiente-expert-plus - /museum/gradiente-expert-xp-800 - /museum/hitachi-ah-200 - /museum/hitachi-h1-h1e - /museum/hitachi-h2 - /museum/mitsubishi-ml-f110-ml-f120 - /museum/mitsubishi-ml-f48-ml-f80 - /museum/mitsubishi-ml-fx1-fx2 - /museum/mitsubishi-ml-g10 - /museum/msx-1 - /museum/national-cf-2000 - /museum/national-cf-2700 - /museum/national-cf-3000 - /museum/national-fs-4000 - /museum/national-fs-4500 - /museum/olympia-phc-2 - /museum/philips-nms-801 - /museum/philips-vg-8000-8010 - /museum/philips-vg-8020 - /museum/philips-vg-8235 - /museum/pioneer-palcom-px-7 - /museum/sanyo-mpc-100 - /museum/sanyo-phc-28 - /museum/sanyo-phc-30 - /museum/sanyo-phc-33 - /museum/sanyo-wavy-10-mpc-10 - /museum/sanyo-wavy-23 - /museum/sanyo-wavy-3 - /museum/schneider-philips-mc-810 - /museum/sony-hit-bit-10 - /museum/sony-hit-bit-101 - /museum/sony-hit-bit-20 - /museum/sony-hit-bit-201 - /museum/sony-hit-bit-501 - /museum/sony-hit-bit-55 - /museum/sony-hit-bit-75 - /museum/spectravideo-svi-728 - /museum/toshiba-hx-10-pasopia-iq - /museum/toshiba-hx-20-hx-21-pasopia-iq - /museum/toshiba-hx-52 - /museum/victor-hc-6 - /museum/yamaha-cx5 - /museum/yamaha-cx5m-music-computer - /museum/yamaha-sx-100 - /museum/yamaha-yis-303 - /museum/yamaha-yis-503-diabolik - /museum/yashica-yc-64 - /museum/yeno-dpc-64 - /museum/yeno-mx-64 oc_id: 1012 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230605034036/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1012 date: '2023-06-05' --- Apart from a nice metallic finish case, the same as Philips and Sony MSX machines, and an unusual arrows keypad, the Panasonic CF-2700 was a pure [MSX 1](/museum/msx-1/) machine. It featured a dual cartridge slot but, oddly, no RGB video output, only composite and RF jacks. The CF-2700 was also sold under the brand [National](/museum/national-cf-2700/) in some countries with 32 KB RAM instead of 64 for the Panasonic version.