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1,289 discussions, 9,527 archived comments; pages no longer carry the comments themselves. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
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title: MSX 2
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Home Computer
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origins:
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- Japan
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years:
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- '1985'
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cpus:
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- Zilog Z80A
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params:
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name: MSX 2
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company: /companies/msx
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company_name: MSX
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: MSX 2
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: MSX
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- label: TYPE
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value: Home Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Japan
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1985'
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- label: CPU
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value: Zilog Z80A or equivalent
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- label: SPEED
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value: 3.58 MHz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: 'Video Display Processor : V9938 (MSX-VIDEO)'
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- label: RAM
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value: at least 64 KB
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- label: VRAM
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value: at least 64 KB
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- label: ROM
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value: 48 KB
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 40 x 24 / 32 x 24
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 64 x 48 / 256 x 192 / 256 x 212 / 512 x 212
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- label: COLORS
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value: '512'
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- label: SOUND
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value: 3 channels, 8 octaves
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Joystick(1 or 2), Cartridge(2), Tape(1200/2400 baud), RGB, Composite Video, Centronics, External Audio
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- label: OS
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value: MSX DOS 2.0 (available on a optional cartridge)
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tabs:
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- emulators
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- links
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forum_thread: 298
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emulators:
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- title: fMSX for MS DOS Homepage
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url: http://www.komkon.org/~dekogel/fmsx.html
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platform: MS DOS
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text: ''
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- title: BlueMSX
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url: http://www.bluemsx.com/
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platform: Windows
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text: Excellent free MSX emulator
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- title: BrMSX
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url: http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/brmsx.htm
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platform: Windows
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text: A Bresilian MSX Emulator written in 100% assembler
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- title: CompuJunk's MSX Emulator
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url: http://ftp.castel.nl/msx/
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platform: Windows
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text: A MSX1 and MSX2 Emulator
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- title: RuMSX
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url: http://members.ping.at/lexlechz/msx.html
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platform: Windows
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text: A MSX Emulator for Win95 and Win NT + Direct X
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- title: Virtual MSX
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url: http://www.msxnet.org/vmsx/
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platform: Windows
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text: An other MSX 1 emulator for Win 95 / Win NT
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- title: fMSX for MAC OS Homepage
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url: http://www.emulation.net/msx/index.html
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platform: Apple
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text: ''
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- title: fMSX official Homepage
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url: http://www.komkon.org/fms/fMSX
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platform: Other platform
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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.'
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- title: fMSX32
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url: HTTP://WWW.RETRODEV.INFO/
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platform: Other platform
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text: The excellent fMSX, but ported onto the GamePark GP32 handheld console.
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- title: openMSX - The MSX emulator that aims for perfection.
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url: http://openmsx.sourceforge.net/
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platform: Multiplatform
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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.
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links:
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- title: MSX Faq
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url: http://www.faq.msxnet.org
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text: Here, you can find near all hardware pieces related to MSX.
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related:
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- /museum/canon-v-25
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- /museum/jvc-hc-95
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- /museum/kawai-kmc-5000
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- /museum/panasonic-fs-a1
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- /museum/panasonic-fs-a1f
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- /museum/sony-hit-bit-f1xd
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- /museum/sony-hit-bit-f500
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- /museum/sony-hit-bit-f700
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- /museum/sony-hit-bit-f9
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- /museum/sony-hit-bit-g900f
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oc_id: 288
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230529175859/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=288
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date: '2023-05-29'
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After the (relative) success of the [MSX 1 computer](/museum/msx-1/) (in Japan, Europe and South America), Microsoft and ASCII presented its successor. The main new feature was the very enhanced graphic modes, no other computers were able to display such graphics! The 128 KB VRAM was very impressive! It had a battery-backed clock and a new MMU (to handle more than the Z80 64KB limit). The MSX 2 standard, like the MSX 1, was designed by ASCII, the new operating system MSX DOS 2.0 was designed by Microsoft (it's almost a copy of MS-DOS 3.3). A while after launching the MSX 2 standard, Microsoft abandoned the project, but several manufacturers took it over.
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**John van Poelgeest** adds:\
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As the MSX2 and [MSX2+](/museum/msx-2-291/) computers were very alike, it did not take long to have a MSX2 computer rebuilt with the MSX2+ VDP (V9958 from Yamaha) and the BIOS chips from the MSX2+, making the MSX2 computer a fully compatible MSX2+. The one thing lacking was the MSX-Music (FM-Pac), but this could be added by using a cartridge.
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**Toby** comments:\
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Note that MSX-DOS 2 did not ship with any MSX2 by default. It was developed later and sold as an external cartridge (with the kernel) and 3.5" diskette (containing the OS files). The only computer to ship with MSX-DOS 2 was the MSX turboR (both the [ST](/museum/panasonic-fs-a1-st/) and the [GT](/museum/panasonic-fs-a1-gt/)) which had MSX-DOS version 2.3x built in.
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