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Hitachi B16 EX	Computers	Professional Computer	Japan	1983	16-bit CPU	name company company_name specs comments oc_id source B16 EX /companies/hitachi Hitachi label value NAME B16 EX label value MANUFACTURER Hitachi label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR October 1983 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Unknown label value KEYBOARD Full stroke keyboard with function keys and numeric keypad. label value CPU 16-bit CPU label value SPEED Unknown label value CO-PROCESSOR Unknown label value RAM Unknown label value VRAM Unknown label value ROM Unknown label value TEXT MODES Unknown label value GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 400 label value COLORS 8 label value SOUND Unknown label value I/O PORTS Unknown label value BUILT IN MEDIA Unknown label value OS Unknown label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply label value PRICE Unknown author date text Xardfir Friday 13rd January 2012 According to Vintropedia Collector Handbook 2009 specifications are an 8086 CPU, 128k of ram and an 8 colour screen.\ http://books.google.com.au/books?id$D7RS9yegrtoC$lpg$PA34$ots$UF9MCD_qGH$dq$hitachi$20B16$20computer$pg$PA34$v$onepage$q$hitachi$20B16$20computer$f$false More information about the B16/B32 series can also be found here: http://www.duensser.com/pc_famb16.htm It appears to be a Japanese PC clone with special graphics additions to display Kanji Text properly and was expanded to use 286, then 386 processors in the B32 varient. A photo from 1990 is included in the above website. The 286 version had the following specs:\ Intel 80286\ HDD 20MB\ FDD 3.5Inc 1.44MB\ 640X400 monochrome LCD The MESS emulator includes specific code to emulate parts of the B16 hardware which can display up to 4096 colours ins some modes. The B16 EX was also used for computer arts. Some examples of artwork produced by this machine can be found here:\ http://www.cgh.ed.jp/cgac/1989/index.html Another picture at http://incore.kr/pics/system/200824-0693.png shows a B16 EX III Plus. 387 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230607220748/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=387 2023-06-07

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