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JVC HC-95	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	1986	Zilog Z80A	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos emulators links related oc_id source HC-95 /media/museum/photos/jvc_hc95_system_1.jpg /companies/jvc JVC label value NAME HC-95 label value MANUFACTURER JVC label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1986 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE MSX Basic 2.0 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke 73 key with 5 function keys, numeric keypad and 4 arrow keys label value CPU Zilog Z80A and HD64180 (custom JVC processor) label value SPEED 3.58 MHz (Z80A) - 6 MHz (HD64180) label value CO-PROCESSOR Video Display Processor : V9938 (MSX-VIDEO) label value RAM 64 KB label value VRAM 128 KB label value ROM 86 KB (48 KB BASIC, 16 KB Disc BASIC, 16 KB System) label value TEXT MODES 40 x 24 / 32 x 24 label value GRAPHIC MODES 64 x 48 / 256 x 192 / 256 x 212 / 512 x 212 label value COLORS 512 label value SOUND 3 channels, 8 octaves label value SIZE / WEIGHT 40.5 (W) x 38.1 (D) x 7.6 (H) cm. / 7 Kg. label value I/O PORTS Parallel, 1 cartridge slot, Tape recorder, Serial RS232, TV/RF, Composite video in/out, audio Left/Right in/out, RGB video in/out, 2 x joysticks, 2 x custom card slots label value BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 3.5'' floppy disc drives (720 KB double side, double density) label value OS MSX Basic 2.0 label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in switching power supply unit label value PRICE From £800 - 19800 Yens photos emulators links 843 title subtitle text image BACK SIDE **(1)** TV/RF modulator output\ **(2)** RGB in/out on one DB 25 connector\ **(3)** Composite video in/out\ **(4)** Audio left/right in/out (4 RCA jacks)\ **(5)** Parallel printer connector\ **(6)** Tape recorder DIN plug\ **(7)** Keyboard connector\ **(8)** Custom JVC expansion card housings\ **(9)** Serial RS232 DB25 connector /media/museum/photos/jvc_hc95_back_1.jpg 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. 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 MSX Faq http://www.faq.msxnet.org Here, you can find near all hardware pieces related to MSX. /museum/canon-v-25 /museum/kawai-kmc-5000 /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 862 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230605033223/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=862 2023-06-05

The JVC-95 conformed to the maximum graphics specification of the MSX-2 standard. However, like the Pioneer PX-7 it also carried a sophisticated hardware interface that handled video superimposition and various interactive video processing features.

In fact, the case housed two separate electronic cards. One was purely MSX, the second was dedicated to additional video functions. Several programs were bundled with the system, they allowed pictures, graphs ot texts to be mixed with any video source.

Another interesting aspect of the HC-95 hardware was it's double prrocessor feature. User could select between the usual Z80A/3.5 MHz processor and a custom JVC processor called HD64180, running at 6 MHz.

JVC tried to sell its HC-95 in Europe with no success, probably because of the Commodore Amiga competition. The Amiga already had built-in video superimposition function (GenLock). Eventually it has been sold only in Japan.