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Sanyo MPC 100	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	1984	Zilog Z80A	name company company_name specs tabs photos hardware emulators links comments related oc_id source MPC 100 /companies/sanyo Sanyo label value NAME MPC 100 label value MANUFACTURER Sanyo label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1984 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Microsoft Extended Basic (MSX Basic V1.0) label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard (including 5 F-keys with 10 functions and 4 arrow keys) label value CPU Zilog Z80A label value SPEED 3.58 MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR Video chip compatible with the Texas Instruments TMS 9918/A or TMS 9928/A label value RAM 64 KB label value VRAM 16 KB label value ROM 32 KB BASIC/BIOS ( MSX BASIC V1.0) label value TEXT MODES Mode 0 : 40 x 24\ Mode 1 : 32 x 24 label value GRAPHIC MODES Mode 2 : 256 x 192 with 16 colors (Hires mode)\ Mode 3 : 64 x 48 with 16 colors (Multi colour mode)\ 32 sprites label value COLORS 16 label value SOUND General Instruments AY-3-8910 Programmable Sound Generator\ 3 channels, 8 octaves label value I/O PORTS Joystick connector, Cardridge slot, Expansion bus, Tape-recorder plug (1200/2400 bauds), A/V video output, RF video output (with channel 1 or 2 selection switch), Centronics interface, Light-pen label value OS MSX DOS (when used with the optional FDD unit) label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit label value PRICE Unknown photos hardware emulators links title subtitle text image MPC-100 null title subtitle text image BOTH SIDES Note the Reset switch and dual joystick connectors on the right side. Light-pen versions had a specific connector next to the right joystick connector. null title subtitle text image CLOSE-UP light pen hole and ROM cartridge slot. null title subtitle text image REAR CONNECTORS From left to right: • Z80 expansion port, mainly used for the external floppy drive unit\ • Printer connector\ • Tape recorder DIN socket. In, out and remote control\ • Audio output jack\ • Composite video output jack\ • RF/aerial video output jack\ • Power cable and switch null title subtitle text image OPENED UP **(1)** NEC 8255 I/O chip\ **(2)** General Instruments AY-3-8910 sound generator\ **(3)** Z80A CPU, here a NEC D780C version\ **(4)** Cartridge slot\ **(5)** MSX BASIC 16 KB ROM\ **(6)** Tape recorder remote control relay\ **(7)** 64 KB RAM chips (8x4164 equivalent)\ **(8)** RF/TV aerial circuitry. Could be replaced by a RGB card in some countries\ **(9)** TMS-9929 video controller, 50Hz version. null title subtitle text image NATIONAL CF-2131 16 KB RAM expansion /media/museum/hardware/national_cf2131_16k-cart.jpg title subtitle text image CASIO OR-216 - 16 KB RAM EXPANSION Box /media/museum/hardware/casio_or216_16kbramexpansion_box.jpg title subtitle text image PHILIPS RAM EXPANSION RAM expansion and LOGO language cartridges. Thanks to Daniele from Italy /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg8020_cartridges_s1.jpg title subtitle text image 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 title subtitle text image 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 title subtitle text image SONY HBI-232 RS232c cartridge Used to connect serial printers. /media/museum/hardware/sony_msx_rs232c-cartridge.jpg title subtitle text image 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 title subtitle text image YAMAHA MOUSE #2 Brand new! Thanks to **www.zonadepruebas.com** /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_mouse_s1.jpg title subtitle text image 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 title subtitle text image SANYO PHC-DR II Side /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc-drii_side_1.jpg title subtitle text image SANYO PHC-DR II Front /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc-drii_front_1.jpg title subtitle text image 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 title subtitle text image NATIONAL RQ-8030 tape-recorder /media/museum/hardware/national_tape_rq8030.jpg title subtitle text image 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 title url platform text fMSX for MS DOS Homepage http://www.komkon.org/~dekogel/fmsx.html MS DOS title url platform text BlueMSX http://www.bluemsx.com/ Windows Excellent free MSX emulator title url platform text BrMSX http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/brmsx.htm Windows A Bresilian MSX Emulator written in 100% assembler title url platform text CompuJunk's MSX Emulator http://ftp.castel.nl/msx/ Windows A MSX1 and MSX2 Emulator title url platform text RuMSX http://members.eunet.at/lexlechz/msx.html Windows A MSX Emulator for Win95 and Win NT + Direct X title url platform text fMSX for MAC OS Homepage http://www.emulation.net/msx/index.html Apple title url platform text 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. 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 Baboo! http://www.baboo.net/baboo.shtml MSX dedicated Yahoo clone. Essential ! title url text FILE-HUNTER.COM http://www.file-hunter.com/ Excellent! All MSX emulators, sources and utilities! title url text FTP da MSXBr-L/MSX.Org.Br http://www.caetano.eng.br/msxsoft/ Excellent brasilian software archive title url text MOAI TECH http://www.moai-tech.com/ Spanish/English website with interesting content title url text MSX Hardware List http://www.faq.msxnet.org/hardware.html An impressive list of MSX hardware. The Bible !!! title url text MSX Ressource Center http://www.msx.org/ Essential site ! title url text Possi's Konami MSX Page http://dynamo.geol.msu.ru/MSX/ Nice page dedicated to all Konami MSX games (roms, scans, mids, etc.) title url text The MSX Games Box http://www.msxgamesbox.com All about MSX gaming (games, covers.etc.). More Fun, Less Mhz! title url text The MSX Museum BOX http://www.msxmuseumbox.com More than 190 different MSX models in pictures. title url text The ultimate MSX Faq http://www.faq.msxnet.org Here, you can find near all hardware pieces related to MSX. title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com The MSX home computer system author date text RayWashed (Spain) Saturday 30th August 2014 I have a MPX-100, but mine has no light pen and no hole, it seems it''s never had it, where it should be there is a round plastic where says "64K" author date text Darren (England) Wednesday 4th September 2013 I have three MSX''s, two of which are the Sanyo MSX MPC-100''s. It was the first ever computer I used, my dad was a TV engineer at the time and the TV shop he worked for was selling them off because they''d failed and there was a severe lack of software for them. I actually really liked the MSX''s, they were really easy to program and got me into programming. I later tried a C64 and couldn''t find the programming anywhere near as easy, and then after that I got a ZX Spectrum, again those were very good for programming. The MSX was so clever with the F and Shifted F keys that give you hints about different programming commands to use. Funny thing was F5 was RUN and later on I got into C++ and found Borland had F9 as the run command so it was very similar. When I first got the MSX I had two games for it - Vicious Viper and Toshiba 3D Golf Simulation. Vicious Viper was Sanyo''s version of the Snake game that appears on Nokia phones - but it''s graphics were far better than Snake, and 3D Golf Simulation was an interesting game, mainly because the entire game was wrote in MSX Basic and there was no protection to stop you pressing the stop key to get to the basic program. This was really good because when you got into the basic code you could have a look at how a computer game worked and even have a play changing some of the things to see what effect it made on the game - like I changed the fairway and green a few different colours, etc!! With both of my Sanyo MSX MPC-100''s I never got the light pen either, I got the hole for it but no light pen. author date text Francisco Martín (Madrid (Spain)) Thursday 11th April 2013 Hi Mark, Ok, perhaps could be equivalent to the Z80 4Mhz but in fact the 6502 has to be "quad bumped" and 90Degrees out of phase to have a similar performance than the Z80, similar...Think what you can do if you do the same (if you boost up) the Z80... And don''t forget the PAL version was even under 1Mhz... author date text Roger Jowett (Ulster Londonderry) Saturday 6th April 2013 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 date text Mark Monday 6th June 2011 The C64 had a 1Mhz clock, but was quad pumped (clocked on +ve and -ve edge on one in phase clock, and one clock 90Degrees out of phase). Therefore a 1Mhz 6502 (6510 in C64s case) would be equivalent to 4Mhz Z80. author date text Francisco Martín (Madrid (Spain)) Tuesday 21st October 2008 I disagree Giovanni: "Nothing if compared to C$64" this computer running at 0.9Mhz (neither 1Mhz in the Pal version), can''t be compared with the 3.6 Mhz MSX.\ The Z80 was running faster than the C64 processor.\ ¿Philips bad quality? ¿Do you really think so? Philips VG8020 is, with the Sony HB75 the most extended MSX1 models.\ All VG8020 users are very happy with their machines, and it has also a very nice looking. Ok, Sanyo is a great computer, but you have no right to say Philips is a "bad quality analog circuitary" as this is only your opinion.\ Thanks a lot, to all msx users in the world. author date text Lee Mills (Earth) Wednesday 22nd December 2004 This computer was a great Toy as i called it, It had a Great Light Pen program cartridge (dunno the name of) which was a laugh we used to use it to play the Game pictionary and the laughs we had.. This computer wasnt used for much apart from this as i had a ZX Spectrum with over 400 Games to play with but this MSX computer did come in handy for something... a Great game of Pictionary hehe !! author date text Giovanni ( ) Tuesday 17th August 2004 Sanyo MSXes was FAR the best tape-loaders of the the 'family': Philips MSXes had bad quality analog circuitary, but Sanyo's would load everything (even tapes completly unreadable with other MSXes).\ I was an owner of a MPC100 and I had dozen of other friends with other 'MSX-brands', I could tell you for sure (same tape, same drive, Sanyo worked always, others had a lot of problems).\ There war a couple of turbo-loaders for MSX (ok, nothing if compared to C=64), and most of them just wasn't working on Philips. /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-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-64 886 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230208075305/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=886 2023-02-08

The MPC 100 is a classic MSX 1 computer with 64 KB RAM.

Its main particularity is to be delivered with a light pen. There is of course a connector to use it, and more surprising a hole is placed at the top right part of the case to store the light pen when not in use! However, some versions had the light pen hole but were delivered without neither the pen nor its connector.

The MPC-100, apart from its memory size, is the same computer as the Wavy 10 / MPC 10.

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.