--- title: Yamaha YIS-503 / Diabolik categories: - Computers types: - Home Computer origins: - Japan years: - '1984' cpus: - Z80A params: name: YIS-503 / Diabolik image: /media/museum/photos/yamaha_yis503_system_1.jpg company: /companies/yamaha company_name: Yamaha specs: - label: NAME value: YIS-503 / Diabolik - label: MANUFACTURER value: Yamaha - 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: QWERTY Mechanical keyboard, 73 keys - label: CPU value: Z80A - label: SPEED value: 3,6 Mhz - label: RAM value: 32 kb (up to 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: I/O PORTS value: 2 joystick sockets, 1 cartdridge slot, Tape-recorder plug (1200/2400 bauds), TV output, Centronics interface, Side bus (60 pins), Expansion bus - label: OS value: MSX DOS - label: POWER SUPPLY value: External PSU - label: PERIPHERALS value: SFG-01 and SFG-05 sound modules, Disk drive, Magnetic cards reader, Piano keyboards, and more... - label: PRICE value: |- 64.800 yens (Japan)\ 516 (France, august 85) tabs: - photos - adverts - hardware - software - emulators - links photos: - title: JAPANESE MODEL subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/yamaha_yis503_2.jpg - title: THE YIS-503 IN USE ! subtitle: '' text: A cool guy playing with the Yamaha YIS-503 and the small piano keyboard image: /media/museum/photos/yamaha_yis503_demo.jpg - title: ANOTHER PICTURE subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/yamaha_yis503_3.jpg - title: BACK SIDE subtitle: '' text: |- **(1)** Second ROM cartridge connector\ **(2)** MSX standard parallel printer connector\ **(3)** Tape recorder DIN connector\ **(4)** Optional RF modulator and sound outputs (available in some countries)\ **(5)** RGB output connector\ **(6)** External power supply connector image: /media/museum/photos/yamaha_yis503_back_1.jpg adverts: - title: JAPANESE ADVERT. subtitle: '' text: The YIS-503 is a YIS-303 with more memory (32 kb) and a proper keyboard. image: /media/museum/pubs/yamaha_yis503_japan_pub1.jpg - title: 'DIABOLIK, FRENCH ADVERT. #1' subtitle: '' text: '"It will take your time, your body and your soul"...' image: /media/museum/pubs/yamaha_yis503_diabolik_pub.jpg - title: 'DIABOLIK, FRENCH ADVERT. #2' subtitle: '' text: The YIS-502 was also called the Diabolik in France... image: /media/museum/pubs/yamaha_yis503_diabolik_pub2.jpg - title: JAPANESE ADVERT (1984) subtitle: '' text: from Japanese MSX magazine dated July 1984 image: null hardware: - title: SOME EXTENSIONS subtitle: '' text: We can see here the diskdrive, the small piano keyboard and the music-card reader. image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_yis503_complete.jpg - title: THE CARD READER subtitle: '' text: This was used by passing magnetic scores through the card reader. The entire song was then stored into the computer, ready to be played or edited ! image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_yis503_card_reader.jpg - title: CA-01 subtitle: Single cartridge adapter text: |- This was undoubtly use to plug 2 cartridges in computers that had only 1 cartridge slot like the Yamaha YIS-503. Here, a 32k RAM expansion cartridge is inserted image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_yis503_ca01.jpg - title: SOME MORE EXTENSIONS subtitle: Piano & card reader text: We can see here the SFG-01 Sound Module at the left of the computer to which is plugged a small piano keyboard. At the background is the card reader with a magnetic score. image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_yis503_complete_2.jpg - title: SYNTHETISER MODULE subtitle: '' text: |- From left to right: \- Musical keyboard connector\ \- Midi In/Out DIN connectors\ \- Left and right channels audio output image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_synthemodule_1.jpg - 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 screenshots: - title: SOME CATRIDGES subtitle: '' text: Some musical program carts sold by Yamaha for the YIS-503 & CX5M machines image: /media/museum/software/yamaha_yis503_carts.jpg - title: PLAY-CARD SCREENSHOT subtitle: '' text: This is the program solf with the card reader. image: /media/museum/software/yamaha_yis503_card_reader_ss.jpg - title: THE BUILT-IN MUSIC PROGRAM subtitle: '' text: This is the program stored in the SFG-01 Sound Module and called by CALL MUSIC from the Basic prompt. It is used to play the voices offered by the synthesizer. image: /media/museum/software/yamaha_yis503_ss.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: CX5M FAQ url: http://home.online.no/~eiriklie/CX5MFAQ.html text: Very useful with some very technical infos - 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/msx1.html#CX5M text: They have a small section dedicated to the CX5M - 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 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/panasonic-cf-2700 - /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/yashica-yc-64 - /museum/yeno-dpc-64 - /museum/yeno-mx-64 oc_id: 439 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230329004929/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=439 date: '2023-03-29' --- This Yamaha computer is specialised in music and sound production. In fact it is a classic [MSX 1](/museum/msx-1/), but if you bought the special Yamaha synthesizer and piano keyboard, then it was clearly different. You got 48 pre-recorded sounds with a quality really surprising for that time, and as it is real synth, you could change or create you own sounds. The YIS-503 is in fact the same computer as the [Yamaha CX5M](/museum/yamaha-cx5m-music-computer/), but it has not got the SFG-01 Sound Module and MIDI interface integrated.
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.