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Goldstar FC-80 / FC-200
Computers
Home Computer
Japan
1984
Z80A
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FC-80 / FC-200 /media/museum/photos/goldstar_fc200_front_1s.jpg /companies/goldstar Goldstar
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NAME FC-80 / FC-200
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MANUFACTURER Goldstar
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TYPE Home Computer
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ORIGIN Japan
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YEAR 1984
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BUILT IN LANGUAGE Microsoft Extended Basic
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KEYBOARD QWERTY full stroke keyboard, 4 big blue arrow keys, 4 function keys
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CPU Z80A
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SPEED 3,6 Mhz
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RAM 64 KB
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VRAM 16 KB
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ROM 32 KB
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TEXT MODES 40 x 24
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GRAPHIC MODES 256 x 192, 32 sprites
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COLORS 16
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SOUND General Instrument AY-2-8910 sound generator\ 3 voices, 8 octaves
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I/O PORTS Tape recorder, Centronics port (printer), 2 joystick sockets, cartridge slot, expansion slot, RF and composite video outputs, mono audio output
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POWER SUPPLY PSU built-in
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PRICE 394 (August 85)\ 199 £ (UK, april 1985)
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FC-200 Thanks to Mikael Holm for this picture /media/museum/photos/goldstar_fc200_1.jpg
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RIGHT SIDE Two controller ports and the tape interface Thanks to Mikael Holm for this picture /media/museum/photos/goldstar_fc200_right-side.jpg
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REAR From left to right:\ - Expansion bus\ - Video (composite) & audio (mono) outputs\ - RF TV video output\ - Printer connector\ - Fuse (230v, 315mA)\ - ON/OFF switch Thanks to Mikael Holm for this picture /media/museum/photos/goldstar_fc200_rear_1.jpg
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FRONT Thanks to Mikael Holm for this picture /media/museum/photos/goldstar_fc200_front_1.jpg
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VESTEL VERSION **Burak Dincer** reports to us:\ From 1986 this computer was produced in Turkey by VESTEL under the brand name "VESTEL-GOLDSTAR FC-200". Apart from the brand name, the computer was the same as the original FC-200. Picture from **Burak Dincer** /media/museum/photos/goldstar_fc200_vestelsys_s1.jpg
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VESTEL BOX Picture from **Burak Dincer** /media/museum/photos/goldstar_fc200_vestelbox_s1.jpg
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UK ADVERT (APRIL 1985) /media/museum/pubs/goldstar_fc200_adv_1.jpg
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NATIONAL CF-2131 16 KB RAM expansion /media/museum/hardware/national_cf2131_16k-cart.jpg
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CASIO OR-216 - 16 KB RAM EXPANSION Box /media/museum/hardware/casio_or216_16kbramexpansion_box.jpg
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PHILIPS RAM EXPANSION RAM expansion and LOGO language cartridges. Thanks to Daniele from Italy /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg8020_cartridges_s1.jpg
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MEGA RAM DISK 256 from DDX (Brazil) This is the famous Megaram cartridge made in Brzail, used to play all Konami cracked Megarom games.6401999243 /media/museum/hardware/msx_megaram256-ddx_1.jpg
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PANASONIC FS-IFA1 & FW-RSU1W Scanner/Printer interface 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. /media/museum/hardware/msx_fs-ifa1_fw-rsu1w.jpg
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SONY HBI-232 RS232c cartridge Used to connect serial printers. /media/museum/hardware/sony_msx_rs232c-cartridge.jpg
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YAMAHA MOUSE #1 This mouse was compatible with all MSX systems. It connects to the first Joystick port. Thanks to **www.zonadepruebas.com** /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_mouse_s2.jpg
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YAMAHA MOUSE #2 Brand new! Thanks to **www.zonadepruebas.com** /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_mouse_s1.jpg
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PHILIPS VW0020 80-col dot-matrix printer 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. /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg8020_printervw0020_s1.jpg
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SANYO PHC-DR II Side /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc-drii_side_1.jpg
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SANYO PHC-DR II Front /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc-drii_front_1.jpg
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SANYO DR-202 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. /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc28_dr202tapedrive_s1.jpg
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NATIONAL RQ-8030 tape-recorder /media/museum/hardware/national_tape_rq8030.jpg
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BIT-CORDER Cassete recorder dedicated to Hit-Bit MSX systems, though it could be used with any home computers. /media/museum/hardware/sony_hb201_bitcorder_1.jpg
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fMSX for MS DOS Homepage http://www.komkon.org/~dekogel/fmsx.html MS DOS
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BlueMSX http://www.bluemsx.com/ Windows Excellent free MSX emulator
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BrMSX http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/brmsx.htm Windows A Bresilian MSX Emulator written in 100% assembler
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CompuJunk's MSX Emulator http://ftp.castel.nl/msx/ Windows A MSX1 and MSX2 Emulator
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RuMSX http://members.eunet.at/lexlechz/msx.html Windows A MSX Emulator for Win95 and Win NT + Direct X
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fMSX for MAC OS Homepage http://www.emulation.net/msx/index.html Apple
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fMSX official Homepage http://www.komkon.org/fms/fMSX Multiplatform 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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openMSX - The MSX emulator that aims for perfection. http://openmsx.sourceforge.net/ Multiplatform 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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Baboo! http://www.baboo.net/baboo.shtml MSX dedicated Yahoo clone. Essential !
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FILE-HUNTER.COM http://www.file-hunter.com/ Excellent! All MSX emulators, sources and utilities!
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FTP da MSXBr-L/MSX.Org.Br http://www.caetano.eng.br/msxsoft/ Excellent brasilian software archive
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MOAI TECH http://www.moai-tech.com/ Spanish/English website with interesting content
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MSX Hardware List http://www.faq.msxnet.org/hardware.html An impressive list of MSX hardware. The Bible !!!
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MSX Ressource Center http://www.msx.org/ Essential site !
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Possi's Konami MSX Page http://dynamo.geol.msu.ru/MSX/ Nice page dedicated to all Konami MSX games (roms, scans, mids, etc.)
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The MSX Games Box http://www.msxgamesbox.com All about MSX gaming (games, covers.etc.). More Fun, Less Mhz!
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The MSX Museum BOX http://www.msxmuseumbox.com More than 190 different MSX models in pictures.
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The ultimate MSX Faq http://www.faq.msxnet.org Here, you can find near all hardware pieces related to MSX.
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Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com The MSX home computer system
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https://web.archive.org/web/20230605130720/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=425 2023-06-05

Goldstar became LG (Lucky-Goldstar) in 1997.

The FC-80 and FC-200 are the same computers. The FC-200 was the name used for the "export" model (outside Korea/Asia?).

This typical MSX-1 computer was made in Korea. It has no special feature apart from the official MSX specifications...

Or maybe just one weird feature : it has a hole at the right of the cartridge slot to store a lightpen when not used. This lightpen was available as an option with its dedicated cartridge.

Contributors : Junki Cho, Mikael Holm

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.
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