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Sony Hit-Bit F9	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	1986	Zilog Z80A	name company company_name specs tabs photos emulators links docs comments related oc_id source Hit-Bit F9 /companies/sony Sony label value NAME Hit-Bit F9 label value MANUFACTURER Sony label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1986 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE MSX BASIC V.2 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke 92 key with arrow and numeric keypads label value CPU Zilog Z80A label value SPEED 3.58 MHz label value RAM 128 KB label value VRAM 128 KB label value ROM 96 KB (48 KB BASIC, 48 KB built-in software) label value TEXT MODES 32 x 24 / 80 x 24 label value GRAPHIC MODES 9 graphic modes, the most used is 256 x 212 with 256 colors label value COLORS 512 label value SOUND 3 voices + noise channel , 8 octaves label value I/O PORTS RF TV connector, RGB video output, audio/video output (composite), Tape connector, Parallel/printer connector, 2 cartridge slots, 2 controller ports label value OS MSX DOS label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU label value PRICE Unknown photos emulators links docs title subtitle text image HB-F9S This is the Spanish version. null title subtitle text image HB-F9S CLOSE-UP Close-up of the spanish version. Notice the "tilde" key (next to the "L") null title subtitle text image BOX null 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. title url cover text HB-F9P / F9S - SERVICE MANUAL http://www.hansotten.com/msxmanuals.html null [**HB-F9P / F9S - SERVICE MANUAL**](http://www.hansotten.com/msxmanuals.html)written by Sony  compiled/archived by Hans Otten\  type of document : PDF\  size : 2,9 MB\  source : [www.hansotten.com](http://www.hansotten.com) title url cover text HB-F9P - OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS http://www.hansotten.com/msxmanuals.html null [**HB-F9P - OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS**](http://www.hansotten.com/msxmanuals.html)written by Sony  compiled/archived by Hans Otten\  type of document : PDF\  size : 820 KB\  source : [www.hansotten.com](http://www.hansotten.com) 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 /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-g900f 854 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230529183729/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=854 2023-05-29

The Sony HIT BIT F9P was a MSX 2 standard machine with no built-in floppy drive.

Along with MSX BASIC, several software were provided in ROM:
- Personal data and notes
- Calendar and alarm
- System Setup interface.

Foreign models where named HB-F9S for Spain, HB-F9F for France, HB-F9D for Germany or HB-F9P for PAL systems...

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