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Sony Hit-Bit G900F	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	1985	Zilog Z80A	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos emulators links related oc_id source Hit-Bit G900F /media/museum/photos/sony_hb-g900f_1.jpg /companies/sony Sony label value NAME Hit-Bit G900F label value MANUFACTURER Sony label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1985 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE MSX Basic 2.0 (with extended instruction set) label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard including 5 function keys, numeric keypad and 4 arrow keys label value CPU Zilog Z80A label value SPEED 3.58 MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR Video Display Processor : V9938 (MSX-VIDEO) label value RAM 64 KB label value VRAM 128 KB label value ROM 94 KB label value TEXT MODES 40 x 24 / 32 x 24 label value GRAPHIC MODES 64 x 48 / 256 x 192 / 256 x 212 / 512 x 212 label value COLORS 512 label value SOUND 3 channels, 8 octaves label value I/O PORTS 2 joystick sockets, 2 cartridge slots, Tape (1200/2400 baud), RGB (scart), Composite Video, Centronics, RS-232 serial port, Audio in/out, Video In connector for VideoTizer (HBI-G 900) label value BUILT IN MEDIA 3.5'' disk unit (720 KB double side, double density) label value OS MSX Basic 2.0 (with extended instruction set) label value PRICE HB-G900F : 10.600FF\ HBI-G900 Videotizer : 8.000FF\ Multiteloper : 5.000FF photos emulators links 771 title subtitle text image REAR /media/museum/photos/sony_hb-g900f_rear_1.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE /media/museum/photos/sony_hb-g900f_inside_1.jpg title url platform text BlueMSX http://www.bluemsx.com/ Windows Excellent free MSX emulator title url platform text fMSX32 HTTP://WWW.RETRODEV.INFO/ Other platform The excellent fMSX, but ported onto the GamePark GP32 handheld console. title url platform text 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. title url text MSX Faq http://www.faq.msxnet.org Here, you can find near all hardware pieces related to MSX. /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-f500 /museum/sony-hit-bit-f700 /museum/sony-hit-bit-f9 790 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230603120324/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=790 2023-06-03

The HB-G 900F was a special MSX2 model aimed at the professional market. It has built in features to pilot Genlock (for video capture) and laserdisks.

The case and keyboard of the HB-G900 is pretty similar to the one of the HB-500 and HB-700. The main differences are the extra video connectors and the built-in RS-232 port. The second cartridge slot found on the HB-500 and HB-700 is replaced by the diskdrive and a second bay remains available for another diskdrive. The second cartridge slot can be found at the back of the unit.

The extended ROM (94 KB total) is holding the BASIC instructions to pilot the Genlock (HBI-G900), RS-232 and laserdisks.

The HBI-G900 (Videotizer) unit sold separately was used to capture external pictureq through a PAL encoder and evenually mix it with pictures generated by the computer.

A special version of the software Multiteloper was developped to take advantage of the special features of this computer. The price of the software and the hardware was strictly limiting them to video edition professionals.

The HB-G900F was later replaced by more advanced models such as the HB-F900 and HB-G900AP.

The coolest thing is that one of these systems could be found in the MIR space station, apparently used for video capture. Pictures and videos showing the HB-G900 and HBI-G900 in the space station, can be found on this site.

Pictures and info from Olivier Hustin.