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Panasonic FS A1 WX / WSX	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	1988	Z80B	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos adverts hardware screenshots emulators links related oc_id source FS A1 WX / WSX /media/museum/photos/panasonic_fs-a1wsx_1.jpg /companies/panasonic Panasonic label value NAME FS A1 WX / WSX label value MANUFACTURER Panasonic label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR A1 WX : 1988\ A1 WSX : 1989 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE MSX-BASIC V3.0 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard with 5 function keys, 4 arrow keys, numeric keypad & several special keys label value CPU Z80B label value SPEED 3.57 Mhz and 6 Mhz label value CO-PROCESSOR Yamaha V9958 Video Display Processor label value RAM 64 KB label value VRAM 128 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) + 16 KB (built-in software) label value TEXT MODES 40 x 24 / 32 x 24 label value GRAPHIC MODES Same as MSX2 specs, plus 256 �~ 212/424 (19268 colors), 512x212 (16 colors)\ Additional KANJI screen modes (Japanese text screen modes): 40x24, 32x24, 256x192, 64x48 label value COLORS 19268 label value SOUND PSG (3 voices) + MSX-Music (OPLL YM-2413, 9 channel FM synthesizer) label value I/O PORTS Joysticks, 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 photos adverts hardware software emulators links 608 title subtitle text image FS A1 WX /media/museum/photos/panasonic_fs-a1wx_2.jpg title subtitle text image FRONT /media/museum/photos/panasonic_a1wx_2.jpg title subtitle text image LEFT SIDE /media/museum/photos/panasonic_a1wsx_vm_1.jpg title subtitle text image LEDS CLOSE-UP /media/museum/photos/panasonic_fsa1wx_leds.jpg title subtitle text image REAR /media/museum/photos/panasonic_fs-a1wx_rear.jpg title subtitle text image REAR #2 From left to right : - Tape interface (DB8)\ - RGB video output (DB8)\ - Composite video output (cinch)\ - Audio output (cinch)\ - Channel 1/2 switch\ - RF video output\ - Printer connector\ - Expansion bus /media/museum/photos/panasonic_fsa1wx_rear2.jpg title subtitle text image WSX BOX /media/museum/photos/panasonic_fs-a1wsx_box_1.jpg title subtitle text image JAPANESE ADVERT /media/museum/pubs/panasonic_fs-a1wx_pub_1.jpg title subtitle text image PRINTING /media/museum/hardware/panasonic_fs-pa1_printer_1.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/hardware/panasonic_fs-pa1_printer_box.jpg title subtitle text image BOOT SCREEN The FS A1 WX and WSX offer many options at startup, inlcuding wordprocessor, diary, agenda and more... /media/museum/software/panasonic_fs-a1wx_boot.jpg 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/ Lots of MSX ROM files, including FS A1 WX! 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/msx-2-291 /museum/panasonic-fs-a1-fx /museum/sanyo-wavy-35 /museum/sanyo-wavy-70fd 621 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230522072821/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=621 2023-05-22

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 built in MSX-Music, providing 9 channels of FM sound without drums or 6 channels FM sound with 5 FM drums.

The Panasonic FS A1 WX features the Rensha Turbo, which is a built-in auto-fire system. The repetition speed can be adjusted with a slider. Its ROM contains A1 Cockpit Internal Software, MSX Word Processor, MSX-JE, FM-BIOS (MSX Music Basic ROM) and JIS 1st+2nd Class Kanji Support (256KB).

The Panasonic FS A1 WSX is the successor of the FS A1 WX from which it differs very slightly: no tape support anymore, S-Video interface added and color print support with Word Processor (and color printer).

Contrary to Sony and Sanyo MSX2+ systems which used a Z80A, the Panasonic systems used a Z80B cpu which could be set up to 6 MHz.

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