---
title: Toshiba PASOPIA
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1981'
cpus:
- Z80A
params:
  name: PASOPIA
  company: /companies/toshiba
  company_name: Toshiba
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: PASOPIA
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Toshiba
  - label: TYPE
    value: Home Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1981'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: |-
      Model PA7010 : T-BASIC\
      Model PA7012 : OA-BASIC
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Full-stroke keyboard, JIS standard, 90 keys, separated numeric keypad, 8 function keys (16 functions)
  - label: CPU
    value: Z80A
  - label: SPEED
    value: 4 Mhz
  - label: RAM
    value: 64 kb
  - label: VRAM
    value: 16 kb
  - label: ROM
    value: 32 kb
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 80 x 20, 80 x 25, 36 x 24, 36 x 19
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: 160 x 100, 640 x 200
  - label: COLORS
    value: 8 (black, blue, red, purple, green, cyan, yellow and white)
  - label: SOUND
    value: 3 octaves (speaker built-in)
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: 420 x 253 x 99.5 mm
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Video out, Tape interface (1600 baud), RS232c, Parallel connector, Expansion bus
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: AC100V +- 10%, 50 / 60Hz
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: Disk-drives, RAM expansions, printers
  - label: PRICE
    value: 163 000 yens (September 81, Japan)
  tabs:
  - adverts
  - links
  adverts:
  - title: JAPANESE ADVERT
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [Soichiro Oga](http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/s-oga/) for this picture !
    image: null
  links:
  - title: S. Kato's Museum
    url: http://member.nifty.ne.jp/s-kato/pasopia.html
    text: Has a Pasopia detailed page (Japanese)
  comments:
  - author: Boris Kretzinger (Germany)
    date: Wednesday 11th January 2017
    text: There is also a Pasopia PA7007 model, which comes with T-BASIC and differs from the picture shown above.
  oc_id: 412
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230608080821/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=412
    date: '2023-06-08'
---

This is the first home-computer made by Toshiba and was quite powerful for 1981 : 64k RAM, 80 columns, 640 x 200 high resolution and large expansion possibilities.

There were two models : the PA7010 with the T-BASIC built-in, and the PA7012 with the OA-BASIC built-in.\
The advantage of the OA-BASIC is that it can use indexed sequential access methods to handle files, and has an automatic load / run function for launching programs. It can also handle Chinese characters directly within BASIC. Finally it has a Terminal mode.