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title: Toshiba HX-10 (Pasopia IQ)
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1983'
cpus:
- Z80A
params:
name: HX-10 (Pasopia IQ)
company: /companies/toshiba
company_name: Toshiba
specs:
- label: NAME
value: HX-10 (Pasopia IQ)
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Toshiba
- label: TYPE
value: Home Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: Japan
- label: YEAR
value: '1983'
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: Microsoft Extended Basic (MSX Basic V1.0)
- label: KEYBOARD
value: |-
QWERTY mechanical keyboard\
73 keys with graphic symbols and accentuated letters through keys combinations
- label: CPU
value: Z80A
- label: SPEED
value: 3,6 Mhz
- label: CO-PROCESSOR
value: Video Display Processor TMS 9929A
- label: RAM
value: 64 kb, 30 kb left for programming
- label: VRAM
value: 16 kb
- label: ROM
value: 32 kb
- label: TEXT MODES
value: |-
Mode 0 : 40 x 24\
Mode 1 : 32 x 24
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: |-
Mode 2 : 256 x 192 with 16 colors (Hires mode)\
Mode 3 : 64 x 48 with 16 colors (Multi colour mode)\
32 sprites
- label: COLORS
value: '16'
- label: SOUND
value: |-
General Instruments AY-3-8910 Programmable Sound Generator\
3 channels, 8 octaves
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 370 x 245 x 60 mm / 2,8 kg
- label: I/O PORTS
value: |-
2 joystick sockets\
1 cardridge slot\
Tape-recorder plug (1200/2400 bauds)\
Composite video output\
Centronics interface\
RF video output\
1 expansion bus
- label: OS
value: MSX DOS
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: Built-in power supply
- label: PRICE
value: |-
487 (France, august 85)\
HX-10D : 65.800 yens (Japan)
tabs:
- photos
- adverts
- hardware
- emulators
- links
photos:
- title: LARGE VIEW
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
- title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
- title: LEFT & RIGHT SIDES
subtitle: ''
text: Power switch on the left side, 2 joystick and printer connectors on the right side.
image: null
- title: CONNECTORS
subtitle: ''
text: |-
From left to right:\
• Two joystick connectors\
• Parallel printer connector\
• Expansion bus connector, mainly used for the floppy drive unit\
• Composite video output\
• Audio output\
• RF Aerial output\
• Tape recorder DIN socket with remote control
image: null
- title: OPENED
subtitle: ''
text: The keyboard was made by Alps, a big Japanese keyboards manufacturer.
image: null
- title: MAINBOARD
subtitle: ''
text: |-
**(1)** Power transformer and regulation components\
**(2)** Anonymous video chip, actually a TI 9929, compatible with the 9918 standard MSX video chip\
**(3)** RF aerial modulator\
**(4)** 32 KB ROM chip containing the Microsoft BASIC and I/O routines\
**(5)** Tape recorder remote control relay\
**(6)** ROM Cartridges slot\
**(7)** Z80A processor, here a Sharp version\
**(8)** Custom Toshiba I/O chip, replaces the standard I/O plus several standard 74xx chips\
**(9)** Keyboard connectors\
**(10)** General Instruments AY-8910 sound generator\
**(11)** 8 x 8264 chips hold the 64 KB of main RAM\
**(12)** 8 x 4116 chips hold the 16 KB video RAM\
**(13)** Video circuitry which provides the composite signal
image: null
- title: THE BOX
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
adverts:
- title: US ADVERT
subtitle: ''
text: |-
advert said
...If you want a computer that won't be obsolete in a few years, buy an MSX.\
If you want one of the best-selling MSX computers in Japan, buy a Toshiba HX10.
image: null
- title: FRENCH ADVERT.
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
- title: 'JAPANESE ADVERT #1'
subtitle: ''
text: This is an advertisement for the HX-10D. If you can read japanese maybe you could tell us what's the difference with a HX-10...
image: null
- title: 'JAPANESE ADVERT. #2'
subtitle: ''
text: The Pasopia IQ seems to be the name of the HX-10 in its native country.
image: null
- title: 'JAPANESE ADVERT. #3'
subtitle: ''
text: I love this advert ! Their pullovers are so... colored.
image: null
hardware:
- title: HX-MU901
subtitle: Music-Keyboard Unit
text: The Toshiba MSX music system HX-MU900 allows user to create 65 different instruments and sound effects as well as 20 different rhythm patterns. Up to 9 notes can be produced simultaneously. The FM tone generation system used in the MSX music system gives it impressive sound quality.Connecting the specially designed music keyboard unit to the FM synthesizer unit allows the music system to be used as a digital keyboard.Floppy disc units and cassette recorders can be used as external data storage devices.
image: null
- title: 'HX-MU901 #2'
subtitle: Music-Keyboard Unit
text: ''
image: null
- title: HX-MU900
subtitle: Toshiba FM-synthesiser unit
text: ''
image: null
- title: NATIONAL CF-2131
subtitle: 16 KB RAM expansion
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/national_cf2131_16k-cart.jpg
- title: CASIO OR-216 - 16 KB RAM EXPANSION
subtitle: Box
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/casio_or216_16kbramexpansion_box.jpg
- title: PHILIPS RAM EXPANSION
subtitle: ''
text: |-
RAM expansion and LOGO language cartridges.
Thanks to Daniele from Italy
image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg8020_cartridges_s1.jpg
- title: MEGA RAM DISK 256
subtitle: from DDX (Brazil)
text: This is the famous Megaram cartridge made in Brzail, used to play all Konami cracked Megarom games.6401999243
image: /media/museum/hardware/msx_megaram256-ddx_1.jpg
- title: PANASONIC FS-IFA1 & FW-RSU1W
subtitle: Scanner/Printer interface
text: 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.
image: /media/museum/hardware/msx_fs-ifa1_fw-rsu1w.jpg
- title: SONY HBI-232
subtitle: RS232c cartridge
text: Used to connect serial printers.
image: /media/museum/hardware/sony_msx_rs232c-cartridge.jpg
- title: 'YAMAHA MOUSE #1'
subtitle: ''
text: |-
This mouse was compatible with all MSX systems. It connects to the first Joystick port.
Thanks to **www.zonadepruebas.com**
image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_mouse_s2.jpg
- title: 'YAMAHA MOUSE #2'
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Brand new!
Thanks to **www.zonadepruebas.com**
image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_mouse_s1.jpg
- title: PHILIPS VW0020
subtitle: 80-col dot-matrix printer
text: |-
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.
image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg8020_printervw0020_s1.jpg
- title: SANYO PHC-DR II
subtitle: Side
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc-drii_side_1.jpg
- title: SANYO PHC-DR II
subtitle: Front
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc-drii_front_1.jpg
- title: SANYO DR-202
subtitle: ''
text: 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.
image: /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc28_dr202tapedrive_s1.jpg
- title: NATIONAL RQ-8030
subtitle: tape-recorder
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/national_tape_rq8030.jpg
- title: BIT-CORDER
subtitle: ''
text: Cassete recorder dedicated to Hit-Bit MSX systems, though it could be used with any home computers.
image: /media/museum/hardware/sony_hb201_bitcorder_1.jpg
emulators:
- title: fMSX for MS DOS Homepage
url: http://www.komkon.org/~dekogel/fmsx.html
platform: MS DOS
text: ''
- title: BlueMSX
url: http://www.bluemsx.com/
platform: Windows
text: Excellent free MSX emulator
- title: BrMSX
url: http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/brmsx.htm
platform: Windows
text: A Bresilian MSX Emulator written in 100% assembler
- title: CompuJunk's MSX Emulator
url: http://ftp.castel.nl/msx/
platform: Windows
text: A MSX1 and MSX2 Emulator
- title: RuMSX
url: http://members.eunet.at/lexlechz/msx.html
platform: Windows
text: A MSX Emulator for Win95 and Win NT + Direct X
- title: fMSX for MAC OS Homepage
url: http://www.emulation.net/msx/index.html
platform: Apple
text: ''
- title: fMSX official Homepage
url: http://www.komkon.org/fms/fMSX
platform: Multiplatform
text: '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: openMSX - The MSX emulator that aims for perfection.
url: http://openmsx.sourceforge.net/
platform: Multiplatform
text: 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.
links:
- title: Baboo!
url: http://www.baboo.net/baboo.shtml
text: MSX dedicated Yahoo clone. Essential !
- title: FILE-HUNTER.COM
url: http://www.file-hunter.com/
text: Excellent! All MSX emulators, sources and utilities!
- title: FTP da MSXBr-L/MSX.Org.Br
url: http://www.caetano.eng.br/msxsoft/
text: Excellent brasilian software archive
- title: MOAI TECH
url: http://www.moai-tech.com/
text: Spanish/English website with interesting content
- title: MSX Hardware List
url: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/hardware.html
text: An impressive list of MSX hardware. The Bible !!!
- title: MSX Ressource Center
url: http://www.msx.org/
text: Essential site !
- title: Possi's Konami MSX Page
url: http://dynamo.geol.msu.ru/MSX/
text: Nice page dedicated to all Konami MSX games (roms, scans, mids, etc.)
- title: The MSX Games Box
url: http://www.msxgamesbox.com
text: All about MSX gaming (games, covers.etc.). More Fun, Less Mhz!
- title: The MSX Museum BOX
url: http://www.msxmuseumbox.com
text: More than 190 different MSX models in pictures.
- title: The ultimate MSX Faq
url: http://www.faq.msxnet.org
text: Here, you can find near all hardware pieces related to MSX.
- title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
text: The MSX home computer system
comments:
- author: Noobsaibot73 (Spain)
date: Sunday 29th April 2012
text: This MSX computer is also known as "The CPC MSX" because its keyboard has the same colors in its keys as the CPC has (red, blue, green and black).
- author: A. T. (Finland)
date: Saturday 11th September 2010
text: This model was my first experience with MSX. My father bought it in 1985. When I was three, I tried to play Shark Hunter with it, but I really couldn''t. I also thought that the BASIC-compiler was a word-processor. My father used to produce digital music with it, but he didn''t bother to save his work to cassettes every evening and mostly the computer was turned on overnight. In 1990 overheating had damaged the computer''s motherboard and service couldn''t repair it anymore. I give minus to it''s integrated power supply, but otherwise it was a good computer.
- author: Bascule (Brighton, UK)
date: Monday 16th April 2007
text: Blimey - I loved my HX-10 when I was a kid. Was a quantum leap upgarde from my 1K ZX81! Had tape games (Level 9 adventures, mostly) and a couple of carts (Konami Time Pilot, for one). The UK ad campaign included the anoyying wireframe bloke ("Allo Tosh, got a Toshiba?") who seemed sooo cool at the time. Came with a free tape game based on the wireframe bloke - no idea what you had to do, just collected stuff. MSX basic was easy, as was creating sprites. Swore I would be a programmer. Left school '86, didn't program a thing until about 2002...
- author: Matthew Thomas (England)
date: Tuesday 6th August 2002
text: |-
I recently found a HX-10 while clearing out a loft. I attached it to my television and started it up. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a tape recorder so I just thought I would have a look at what is there, without any game attached. Basically, what I found is an MSX Basic interpreter which spits out neccessary output from your programs according to what you write. For example:
print "hello world"
gets the obvious output of:
hello world\
Ok
However, it is somewhat annoying not being able to save any programs, and finding anything helpful to do with MSX Basic has proven to be an arduous task. Nonetheless, this is a cool retro machine. Enjoy it.
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- /museum/general-paxon-pct-50
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- /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-mpc-100
- /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-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
oc_id: 438
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230320225113/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=438
date: '2023-03-20'
---
The HX-10 was a classic [MSX 1](/museum/msx-1/) computer with no special feature... But it was one of the first MSX computers to be exported outside Japan. It met a good success in UK where it can still be found in flea markets and boot sales...
Apparently there were several models of the HX-10 (D, DP, DPN, F, E and S) depending on the country they were sold, but it's not clear what's the difference between them so far... The HX-10 DPN and F had a Scart video output instead of RF/composite outputs, and the HX-10S had only 16 kb RAM.
In its native country, the HX-10 was also named Pasopia IQ to fit in the Pasopia family developped by Toshiba. The Pasopia IQ was used for their MSX computers serie.
<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>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.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
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