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title: Bandai Gundam RX-78
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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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- '1983'
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cpus:
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- Zilog Z80A
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params:
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name: Gundam RX-78
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image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_gundam_rx78_2.jpg
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company: /companies/bandai
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company_name: Bandai
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: Gundam RX-78
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Bandai
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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: September 1983
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: BS-BASIC delivered on cartridge
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: QWERTY chicklet keyboard, 61 keys
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- label: CPU
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value: Zilog Z80A
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- label: SPEED
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value: 4.1Mhz
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- label: RAM
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value: 30 kb
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- label: ROM
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value: 8 kb
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 30 x 23
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 192 x 184
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- label: COLORS
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value: '27'
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- label: SOUND
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value: 3 voices (4 octaves) + 1 noise generator
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 286 x 210 x 48.5 mm / 1.5kg
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: 2 joysticks sockets, 2 x cartridge slots, RF video, video & sound (RCA)
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: DC 10.6V, 820mA
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- label: PRICE
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value: 59800 yens (Japan, 1983)
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tabs:
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- photos
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- adverts
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- software
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- emulators
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- links
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forum_thread: 472
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photos:
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- title: RX-78 - ZOOM ON KEYBOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_gundam-rx-78_zoom.jpg
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- title: COMPLETE WITH BOX & JOYSTICKS
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_gundam-rx-78_complete.jpg
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- title: THE BOX
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Thanks to J. Kubota for this picture\
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Please, visits its [site](http://www3.wind.ne.jp/toragiku/kopa.htm) !
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image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_gundam_rx78_box.jpg
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adverts:
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- title: PROMOTIONAL LEAFLET - COVER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/bandai_gundam-rx-78_prm-leaflet_cover.jpg
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- title: PROMOTIONAL LEAFLET - INSIDE
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/bandai_gundam-rx-78_prm-leaflet_1.jpg
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- title: 'PROMOTIONAL LEAFLET - INSIDE #2'
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/bandai_gundam-rx-78_prm-leaflet_2.jpg
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screenshots:
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- title: CARTRIDGES
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/bandai_gundam-rx-78_carts.jpg
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- title: 'GAME #1'
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/bandai_rx78_game1.jpg
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- title: BASEBALL GAME
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/bandai_rx78_baseball_box.jpg
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emulators:
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- title: eRX-78
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url: http://www1.interq.or.jp/~t-takeda/top.html
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platform: Windows
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text: TAKEDA, toshiya's RX-78 emulator
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links:
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- title: ASSEMBLER SITE
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url: http://assembler.roarvgm.com/Gundam/gundam.html
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text: Another picture here with accessories
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- title: Personal Computer Nostalgia (Japanese)
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url: http://member.nifty.ne.jp/s-kato/rx78.html
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text: Another japanese page with some infos
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oc_id: 478
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230609172241/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=478
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date: '2023-06-09'
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The Gundam RX-78 was originaly a very popular manga animation movie from the 80's. Bandai then marketed a personal computer under this name...
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Little is known about this small computer. Since the Gundam Rx-78 was only sold in Japan nearly all the information currently comes from Japanese websites.
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The capabilities of the RX-78 were not bad at all for 1983, and the space between the keys offered the possibility to use keyboard overlays with games or applications, except maybe for complaints about the poor keyboard quality.
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It appears that there were two cartridge slots at the back of the system. One slot was often used for the BS Basic programming language and the other could be used for special expansion cartridges (to connect a printer for example).
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The BS-Basic cartridge was also equipped with connectors to plug a tape-recorder into the RX-78.
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While games were the main software developed for this computer an asian brand word processor was also available.
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<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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