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KAWAI KMC-5000

Computers

Home Computer

Japan

1987

Zilog Z80A

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KMC-5000

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KAWAI

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NAME	KMC-5000

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MANUFACTURER	Kawai

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TYPE	Home Computer

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ORIGIN	Japan

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YEAR	? 1987

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BUILT IN LANGUAGE	MSX Basic V2.0

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KEYBOARD	Full-stroke keyboard with 5 function keys and 4 arrow keys.

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CPU	Zilog Z80A or equivalent

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SPEED	3.58 MHz

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CO-PROCESSOR	Video Display Processor : V9938 (MSX-VIDEO)

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RAM	64 KB

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VRAM	128 KB

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ROM	64 KB

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TEXT MODES	40 x 24 / 32 x 24

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GRAPHIC MODES	64 x 48 / 256 x 192 / 256 x 212 / 512 x 212\ Interlace mode: 256 x 424, 512 x 424

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COLORS	512

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SOUND	FM-PAC (Yamaha YM-2413 chipset) offering 9 channels of FM sound without drums or 6 channels FM sound with 5 FM drums. Mono output.

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I/O PORTS	Joysticks, Cartridge(2), Tape(1200/2400 baud), RGB, Composite Video, Centronics, External Audio

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BUILT IN MEDIA	3.5'' floppy disk drive

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OS	MSX DOS 2.0

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POWER SUPPLY	PSU built-in

emulators

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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.

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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.

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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/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

/museum/sony-hit-bit-g900f

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230131062710/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=662	2023-01-31

The Kawai KMC-5000 is a clone of the Panasonic FS-A1F. See this entry for more info.

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