website/content/museum/national-fs-4500.md

---
title: NATIONAL FS-4500
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1986'
cpus:
- Zilog Z80A
params:
  name: FS-4500
  image: /media/museum/photos/national_fs4500.jpg
  company: /companies/national
  company_name: NATIONAL
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: FS-4500
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: NATIONAL
  - label: TYPE
    value: Home Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1986'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: MSX Basic & wordprocessor
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Full-stroke keyboard with 5 function keys, 4 arrow keys and numeric keypad
  - label: CPU
    value: Zilog Z80A
  - label: SPEED
    value: 3.58 MHz
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: 'Video Display Processor : V9938 (MSX-VIDEO)'
  - label: RAM
    value: 64 KB + 8 KB SRAM (for internal software data back up)
  - label: VRAM
    value: 128 KB
  - label: ROM
    value: 48 KB
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 40 x 24 / 32 x 24
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: 64 x 48 / 256 x 192 / 256 x 212 / 512 x 212
  - label: COLORS
    value: '512'
  - label: SOUND
    value: 3 channels, 8 octaves
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Joystick, 2 x cartridge slots, Tape(1200/2400 baud), RGB, Composite Video, Centronics, External Audio
  - label: OS
    value: MSX DOS 2.0
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in PSU
  - label: PRICE
    value: 108 000 yen (Japan, 1985)
  tabs:
  - photos
  - hardware
  - software
  - emulators
  - links
  photos:
  - title: WHITE MODEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/national_fs4500_2.jpg
  - title: 'WHITE MODEL #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/national_fs4500_4.jpg
  - title: TOP VIEW
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/national_fs4500_3.jpg
  - title: LABEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/national_fs4500_label.jpg
  - title: REAR
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/national_fs4500_rear.jpg
  hardware:
  - title: NATIONAL CF-2131
    subtitle: 16 KB RAM expansion
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/national_cf2131_16k-cart.jpg
  - title: CASIO OR-216 - 16 KB RAM EXPANSION
    subtitle: Box
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/casio_or216_16kbramexpansion_box.jpg
  - title: PHILIPS RAM EXPANSION
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      RAM expansion and LOGO language cartridges.

      Thanks to Daniele from Italy
    image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg8020_cartridges_s1.jpg
  - title: MEGA RAM DISK 256
    subtitle: from DDX (Brazil)
    text: This is the famous Megaram cartridge made in Brzail, used to play all Konami cracked Megarom games.6401999243
    image: /media/museum/hardware/msx_megaram256-ddx_1.jpg
  - title: PANASONIC FS-IFA1 & FW-RSU1W
    subtitle: Scanner/Printer interface
    text: The FS-IFA1 is the printer/scanner interface (left on the picture) and the FW-RSU1W is the handheld scanner (right on the picture). These expansions are for MSX2 systems.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/msx_fs-ifa1_fw-rsu1w.jpg
  - title: SONY HBI-232
    subtitle: RS232c cartridge
    text: Used to connect serial printers.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/sony_msx_rs232c-cartridge.jpg
  - title: 'YAMAHA MOUSE #1'
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      This mouse was compatible with all MSX systems. It connects to the first Joystick port.

      Thanks to **www.zonadepruebas.com**
    image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_mouse_s2.jpg
  - title: 'YAMAHA MOUSE #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      Brand new!

      Thanks to **www.zonadepruebas.com**
    image: /media/museum/hardware/yamaha_mouse_s1.jpg
  - title: PHILIPS VW0020
    subtitle: 80-col dot-matrix printer
    text: |-
      This printer was a rebadged version of the Seikosha GP-500.\
      It was a 80-column, 50 CPS model with a 7x5 dot matrix head.\
      Commodore and Atari used same hardware basis for their MPS-801 and 1029 printers.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/philips_vg8020_printervw0020_s1.jpg
  - title: SANYO PHC-DR II
    subtitle: Side
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc-drii_side_1.jpg
  - title: SANYO PHC-DR II
    subtitle: Front
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc-drii_front_1.jpg
  - title: SANYO DR-202
    subtitle: ''
    text: The ADSS system allowed to quickly search a specific program in a cassette tape and load it. Seach time for a C60 cassette was less than 1 minute.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/sanyo_phc28_dr202tapedrive_s1.jpg
  - title: NATIONAL RQ-8030
    subtitle: tape-recorder
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/national_tape_rq8030.jpg
  - title: BIT-CORDER
    subtitle: ''
    text: Cassete recorder dedicated to Hit-Bit MSX systems, though it could be used with any home computers.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/sony_hb201_bitcorder_1.jpg
  screenshots:
  - title: BOOT MENU
    subtitle: ''
    text: First two options are for the built-in wordprocessor, third option is for misc utilities inluding an address book, and fourth option is for MSX Basic
    image: /media/museum/software/national_fs4500_boot-menu_ss.png
  - title: ADDRESS BOOK
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/national_fs4500_address-book_ss.png
  - title: MSX BASIC V2.0
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/national_fs4500_basic_ss.png
  emulators:
  - title: fMSX for MS DOS Homepage
    url: http://www.komkon.org/~dekogel/fmsx.html
    platform: MS DOS
    text: ''
  - title: BlueMSX
    url: http://www.bluemsx.com/
    platform: Windows
    text: Excellent free MSX emulator
  - title: BrMSX
    url: http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/brmsx.htm
    platform: Windows
    text: A Bresilian MSX Emulator written in 100% assembler
  - title: CompuJunk's MSX Emulator
    url: http://ftp.castel.nl/msx/
    platform: Windows
    text: A MSX1 and MSX2 Emulator
  - title: RuMSX
    url: http://members.eunet.at/lexlechz/msx.html
    platform: Windows
    text: A MSX Emulator for Win95 and Win NT + Direct X
  - title: fMSX for MAC OS Homepage
    url: http://www.emulation.net/msx/index.html
    platform: Apple
    text: ''
  - title: fMSX official Homepage
    url: http://www.komkon.org/fms/fMSX
    platform: Multiplatform
    text: 'fMSX is a portable MSX emulator ported on : Amiga OS, Mac OS, MS DOS, OS/2, Sony Playstation, Risc OS, Towns OS, Unix / X, Win95 / NT, X68K.'
  - title: openMSX - The MSX emulator that aims for perfection.
    url: http://openmsx.sourceforge.net/
    platform: Multiplatform
    text: 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.
  links:
  - title: Baboo!
    url: http://www.baboo.net/baboo.shtml
    text: MSX dedicated Yahoo clone. Essential !
  - title: FILE-HUNTER.COM
    url: http://www.file-hunter.com/
    text: Excellent! All MSX emulators, sources and utilities!
  - title: FTP da MSXBr-L/MSX.Org.Br
    url: http://www.caetano.eng.br/msxsoft/
    text: Excellent brasilian software archive
  - title: MOAI TECH
    url: http://www.moai-tech.com/
    text: Spanish/English website with interesting content
  - title: MSX Hardware List
    url: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/hardware.html
    text: An impressive list of MSX hardware. The Bible !!!
  - title: MSX Ressource Center
    url: http://www.msx.org/
    text: Essential site !
  - title: Possi's Konami MSX Page
    url: http://dynamo.geol.msu.ru/MSX/
    text: Nice page dedicated to all Konami MSX games (roms, scans, mids, etc.)
  - title: The MSX Games Box
    url: http://www.msxgamesbox.com
    text: All about MSX gaming (games, covers.etc.). More Fun, Less Mhz!
  - title: The MSX Museum BOX
    url: http://www.msxmuseumbox.com
    text: More than 190 different MSX models in pictures.
  - title: The ultimate MSX Faq
    url: http://www.faq.msxnet.org
    text: Here, you can find near all hardware pieces related to MSX.
  - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
    url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
    text: The MSX home computer system
  comments:
  - author: Roger Jowett (Ulster Londonderry)
    date: Saturday 6th April 2013
    text: |-
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v$zsjTpFR0oYQ

      please help we have zx spectrum 48k and one 128k program running at 6mhz using external ram and snapper discs from velesoft site
  - author: Paulo Vaz (Brazil)
    date: Sunday 2nd January 2005
    text: |-
      I´m looking for the original or PDF files of National 4500 manuals.

      Any help will be apreciated.
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  oc_id: 589
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230608220353/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=589
    date: '2023-06-08'
---

This MSX 2 computer was marketed as a wordprocessor system, and indeed it is! It has a big 24 dots thermal printer built-in, wordprocessor software (Word Processor, MSX Sentence Paragraph Exchanger, Dictionary, MSX Address Book, Name Card and MSX JE 1 & 2). Impressive.

It was available in black or white case.

<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>