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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
MSX 2+	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	1988	Zilog Z80	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread emulators links related oc_id source MSX 2+ /media/museum/photos/panasonic_fs-a1wsx_1.jpg /companies/msx MSX label value NAME MSX 2+ label value MANUFACTURER MSX label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1988 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE MSX-BASIC V3.0 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard label value CPU Zilog Z80 label value SPEED 3.58 MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR Yamaha V9958 Video Display Processor label value RAM at least 64 KB label value VRAM 64 KB or 128 KB (up to 192 KB) label value ROM 32 KB (Basic & BIOS) + 16 KB (SUB ROM > MSX-BASIC V3.0) + 16 KB (KANJI BASIC ROM + KANJI ROM) + 16 KB (DISK ROM) label value TEXT MODES 40 x 24 / 32 x 24 label value GRAPHIC MODES Same as MSX2 specs, plus 256 × 212/424\ Additional KANJI screen modes (Japanese text screen modes): 40x24, 32x24, 256x192, 64x48 label value COLORS 19268 label value SOUND FM-PAC (OPLL YM-2413) - 9 channel FM synthesizer label value I/O PORTS Joystick(1 or 2), Cardridge(2), Tape(1200/2400 bauds), RGB video output, CVBS/RF video output, Centronics, Sound output label value BUILT IN MEDIA 720 KB 3,5'' floppy drive built in label value OS MSX DOS label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU emulators links 301 title url platform text BlueMSX http://www.bluemsx.com/ Windows Excellent emulator for Windows 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 FILE-HUNTER.COM http://www.file-hunter.com/ Excellent! All MSX emulators, sources and utilities! title url text The Ultimate MSX FAQ http://www.faq.msxnet.org/msx2p.html MSX2+ specifications, and more! /museum/panasonic-fs-a1-fx /museum/panasonic-fs-a1-wx-wsx /museum/sanyo-wavy-35 /museum/sanyo-wavy-70fd 291 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230412081236/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=291 2023-04-12

After Microsoft left the MSX project in 1986, ASCII continued alone. They presented a new improvement of the MSX 2 standard in 1988.

No great enhancements, the MSX 2+ has 19268 colors instead of 512, some more graphic / KANJI resolutions and the FM-PAC cartridge is included, providing 9 channels of FM sound without drums or 6 channels FM sound with 5 FM drums.

MSX2+ computers were only produced by Panasonic, Sony and Sanyo (the one pictured here is the Panasonic FS A1 WSX). There were only available in Japan...