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392 lines
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title: Philips VG 5000
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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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- Netherlands
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years:
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- '1984'
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cpus:
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- Zilog Z80
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params:
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name: VG 5000
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image: /media/museum/photos/philips_vg5000_system_s1.jpg
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company: /companies/philips
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company_name: Philips
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: VG 5000
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Philips
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- label: TYPE
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value: Home Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Netherlands
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- label: YEAR
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value: end of 1984
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- label: END OF PRODUCTION
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value: '1986'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: Microsoft Basic
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: |-
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AZERTY, 63 keys (chicklet keyboard)\
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33 Basic statements\
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10 accentuated letters\
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Editing keypad
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- label: CPU
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value: Zilog Z80
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- label: SPEED
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value: 4 MHz
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- label: RAM
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value: 24 kb (up to 56 kb)
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- label: VRAM
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value: 8 kb
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- label: ROM
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value: 18 kb
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 40 x 25 (15 x 80 only in assembler)
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: None (pseudo 320 x 250 resolution with semi-graphic symbols)
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- label: COLORS
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value: '8'
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- label: SOUND
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value: 1 voice, 4 octaves
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 28 x 21 x 4,2 cm / 820g
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: |-
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Tape recorder DIN plug (1200 or 2400 bauds)\
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Video output (DIN to SCART)\
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Power DIN plug\
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Extension port (2 x 25 pins)
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: External PSU (VU 0022)
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: |-
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VG 5200 - Joystick interface\
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VG 5216 - Expansion unit\
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VU 0001 - Joytsick\
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VU 0011 - SECAM Modulator\
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VU 0031 - 16k RAM cartridge\
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VW 0010 - 40 columns printer\
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VW 0020 - 80 columns print
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- label: PRICE
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value: |-
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242 (France, dec. 84)\
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120 (France, oct. 86)
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tabs:
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- photos
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- adverts
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- hardware
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- connectors
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- software
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- emulators
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- links
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- videos
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forum_thread: 259
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photos:
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- title: SPINNING PHILIPS VG-5000
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/philips_vg5000_anim.gif
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- title: LARGE VIEW
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/philips_vg5000_system_s2.jpg
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- title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP
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subtitle: ''
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text: Philips chose the French company RTC (RadioTechnique Compelec) to manufacture the VG 5000. This company also manufactured the French 'Minitel' videotext terminal which keyboard was very similar to the VG 5000 one.
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image: /media/museum/photos/philips_vg5000_keyboard_s1.jpg
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- title: RADIOLA VG-5000
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/radiola_vg5000.jpg
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- title: SCHNEIDER VG-5000
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/schneider_vg5000.jpg
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- title: ELECTRONIC BOARDS
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Same kind of electronic board design can be found in other RTC products like, for example, the Philips/Schneider/Radiola Videopac game consoles.
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**(1)** Tape recorder interface card\
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**(2)** Keyboard connector\
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**(3)** 16 KB ROM holding the Microsoft BASIC interpreter\
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**(4-5)** 2x8 KB RAM chips (Nec 4168) hold the 16 KB of user RAM\
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**(6)** Z80A processor, here a SGS version\
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**(7)** Thomson EF-9345 video chip. Also holds 110 ASCII characters and 128 graphic characters. 192 additional characters could be defined by the user.\
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**(8)** 8 KB video RAM dedicated to text and graphic display.
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image: /media/museum/photos/philips_vg5000_mainboard_s1.jpg
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- title: COMPLETE SYSTEM
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subtitle: ''
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text: Power supply, expansion pack, dot matrix printer, 2 x joysticks, cassette recorder, ROM cartridges and cassette software.
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image: /media/museum/photos/philips_vg5000_system_1.jpg
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- title: ALL-IN-ONE
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subtitle: ''
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text: This strange and massive 'all plastic' console integrates color display, computer, joysticks, cassette recorder and handbook. With some imagination, it looks like the StarTrek Enterprise spaceship's main desk !
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image: /media/museum/photos/philips_vg5000_coque_1.jpg
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adverts:
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- title: PHILIPS FRENCH ADVERT.
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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**Two generations amazed...**
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Perhaps a bit too much though... but the scene is beautiful and we can only admire the originality of the Philips' communication campaign which, for once, is not exclusively focused on the young Basic apprentices.
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image: /media/museum/pubs/philips_vg5000_pub1.jpg
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- title: RADIOLA ADVERT. 1
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/radiola_vg5000_pub1.jpg
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- title: RADIOLA ADVERT. 2
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/radiola_vg5000_pub2.jpg
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- title: RADIOLA ADVERT. 3
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/pubs/radiola_vg5000_pub3.jpg
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hardware:
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- title: CONNECTIVITY SKETCH
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg5000_schema_extension.gif
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- title: VU-001
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subtitle: Joysticks
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text: They are the same as Videopac controllers.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/none.jpg
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- title: VU-0011
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subtitle: Secam modulator
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text: This little box transforms the RGB video signal from the SCART plug into a modulated signal with an aerial plug (orange on picture).
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image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg5000_adapt_uhf.jpg
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- title: VU-0022
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subtitle: Power supply
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg5000_psu.jpg
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- title: VU-0031
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subtitle: 16k RAM cartridge
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text: I know it's written MSX on it, so it was surely also meant for the Philips MSX machines as the VG-8000 or 8010... But the VG-5000 is definately not an MSX computer !
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image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg5000_16k_cart.jpg
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- title: VG-5200
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subtitle: Joystick interface
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text: This is used to plug two joysticks... It connects at the rear of the VG-5000, on the expansion bus.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg5000_5200.jpg
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- title: VG-5216
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subtitle: Expansion unit
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text: |-
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The VG-5216 expansion unit is the add-on which makes a little more bearable the VG-5000...
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It offers a RAM bonus of 16k, that is to say a total of 40k (30k left for the user) and 56K with the additional 16k cartridge that you can plug into the unit cart slot (47k left for the user).
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But it should be noticed that the cart slot available on this add-on will have never been used by anything else than this 16k RAM cartridge !
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The VG-5216 box makes it also possible to connect a VW00100 or VW0020 printer via a small plug located at the back of the unit.
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Lastly, thanks to two sockets at the back, it's possible to connect 2 joysticks, like with the VG-5200 interface.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg5000_addon.jpg
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- title: VG-5216
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subtitle: Inside
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg5000_addon_inside.jpg
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- title: VG-5216
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subtitle: How to mount the unit
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text: The unit is mounted on the top of the VG-5000 and is connected through the expansion port at the back of the computer.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg5000_vg5216_various.gif
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connectors:
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- title: EXPANSION PORT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/connectors/philips_vg5000_port_extension.gif
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- title: POWER SUPPLY
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subtitle: DIN 5 connector
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/connectors/philips_vg5000_prise_alimentation.gif
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- title: VIDEO OUTPUT
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subtitle: DIN 8 to SCART connector
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/connectors/philips_vg5000_prise_peritel.gif
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- title: JOYSTICK
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subtitle: DB9 connector
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/connectors/philips_vg5000_vg5216_joy.gif
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- title: PRINTER PORT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/connectors/philips_vg5000_vg5216_printer.gif
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- title: CARTRIDGE PORT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/connectors/philips_vg5000_vg5216_cartport.gif
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- title: TAPE RECORDER
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subtitle: DIN 8 connector
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/connectors/philips_vg5000_prise_magneto.gif
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screenshots:
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- title: CARNET D'ADRESSES
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subtitle: Address file system
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_carnet_adresse.jpg
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- title: FICHIERS
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subtitle: Files
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_fichier.jpg
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- title: BUDGET
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_budget.jpg
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- title: SALUT L'ARTISTE
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/none.jpg
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- title: L'ÉCOLE DES SINGES
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subtitle: Monkey academy
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text: '...or how to learn mathematics with monkeys.'
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_monkey.gif
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- title: CALCUL MENTAL
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subtitle: Fonctions mathématiques
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_calcul_mental.jpg
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- title: COMPLÉMENTS ET MULTIPLES
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subtitle: ''
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text: Grammar and syntax educational game
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_complements_et_multiples.jpg
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- title: MES PREMIERS MOTS CROISÉS (VOL. 1 & 2)
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subtitle: My first crosswords
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_mes_premiers_mots_croises_v1.jpg
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- title: LA CLÉ DES CHANTS
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subtitle: ''
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text: Musical games
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_clef_des_chants.jpg
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- title: CARTE DE FRANCE (MER, FLEUVES, VILLES ET MONTAGNES)
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subtitle: Map of France
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text: Geographic games
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_carte_de_france.jpg
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- title: MICROJEUX
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subtitle: Cocktail de jeux
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_microjeux.jpg
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- title: SYSTÈME MÉTRIQUE
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subtitle: Metric system
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_systeme_metrique.jpg
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- title: LIRE VITE ET BIEN
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subtitle: Read quick and well
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_lire_vite_et_bien.jpg
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- title: MOTS EN FLEURS
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subtitle: Construire des mots
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_mots_en_fleurs.jpg
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- title: LA CAROTTE MALICIEUSE
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subtitle: Repérage et déplacement sur un plan quadrillé
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_la_carotte_malicieuse.jpg
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- title: LA DÉCOUVERTE DU BASIC
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subtitle: Volume 1
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_basic_volume_1.jpg
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- title: LA DÉCOUVERTE DU BASIC
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subtitle: Volume 2
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_decouverte_basic.jpg
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- title: LA MOTO INFERNALE
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_moto_infernale.gif
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- title: LE FOU VOLANT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_fou_volant_1.gif
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- title: US RALLYE
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_rallye.gif
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- title: GLOUTON
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subtitle: Munchkin
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_glouton.gif
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- title: LE MONSTRE DE L'ESPACE
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subtitle: Space monster
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_lemonstre_1.gif
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- title: TORTUES
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subtitle: Turtles
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_tortues.gif
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- title: FOOTBALL
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subtitle: Soccer
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_football.gif
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- title: L'ABEILLE
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subtitle: Spina the bee
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_labeille.gif
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- title: BRIS DE GLACE
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subtitle: Hard hat
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_bris_de_glace.gif
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- title: CITADELLE
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subtitle: ''
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text: Textual adventure
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_citadelle.gif
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- title: HÉLICOPTÈRE
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_helicopter.gif
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- title: VIKING
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_vikings.gif
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- title: BACKGAMMON
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_backgammon.gif
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- title: DIVERTISSEMENTS
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subtitle: ''
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text: 4 simple games
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_divertissements.gif
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- title: MISSION OMÉGA
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subtitle: ''
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text: Excellent 3D space action !
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_omega_2.gif
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- title: STAROC
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subtitle: ''
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text: Scramble type game
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_staroc_2.gif
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- title: SIMULATEUR DE VOL
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subtitle: Flight simulation
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_g_simulateur_de_vol.jpg
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- title: TAROT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/philips_vg5000_ss_tarot.gif
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emulators:
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- title: DCVG5K
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url: http://dcvg5k.free.fr/
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platform: Windows
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text: The only VG5000 emulator !
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links:
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- title: La page des fans du VG-5000
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url: http://vg5000.free.fr/
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text: VG-5000 dedicated website. Enjoy as it is the only one!
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videos:
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- title: french TV advert
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url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIK8wQKKLQs
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text: 'Length: 31 s'
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related:
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- /museum/radiola-vg-5000
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oc_id: 249
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230607192921/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=249
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date: '2023-06-07'
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This computer was created and made in France by a company called RTC. It was released by Philips. It was not [MSX compliant](/museum/msx-1/) and or compatible with the other [Philips VG](/museum/philips-vg-8000-8010/) computers. The basic was written by Microsoft.
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It was designed to be a cheap computer for beginners and school purpose. Philips planned to develop a lot of peripherals for this computer : synthetiser, memory card, floppy disk unit, videodisc interface, etc... but none of them was realised. Finally, it had a limited success.
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