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Sony Hit-Bit F500	Computers	Professional Computer	Japan	1986	Zilog Z80	name image company company_name specs tabs photos emulators links comments related oc_id source Hit-Bit F500 /media/museum/photos/sony_hb-f500_1s.jpg /companies/sony Sony label value NAME Hit-Bit F500 label value MANUFACTURER Sony label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1986 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard with numeric keypad label value CPU Zilog Z80 label value SPEED 3.58 MHz label value RAM 64 KB label value VRAM 128 KB label value ROM 32 KB label value TEXT MODES 80 x 26 / 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 16 / 16 - 256 / 16 among 512 / 4 - 16 among 512 label value SOUND 3 channels, 7 octaves label value I/O PORTS Joystick (2), Cardridge ports (3), Tape interface, Audio & Video output, RF videou output, SCART connector, Centronics, External drive connector, Keyboard, FDD connector label value BUILT IN MEDIA One 3.5'' disk-drive label value OS MSX DOS label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU photos emulators links title subtitle text image HB-F500 /media/museum/photos/sony_hb-f500_1.jpg title subtitle text image PICTURE #2 /media/museum/photos/sony_hb-f500_2.jpg title subtitle text image KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP /media/museum/photos/sony_hb-f500_zoom.jpg title subtitle text image FRONT Two cartridge slots, one 3.5" floppy disk drive, two joystick controllers, keyboard connector. /media/museum/photos/sony_hb-f500_front.jpg title subtitle text image BACK Many connectors here (from left to right): RF video output (with channel 3/4 switch), external drive connector, third cartridge slot (hidden, just below the drive connector), audio & video output, tape interface, SCART connector, printer interface, power cord. /media/museum/photos/sony_hb-f500_rear.jpg title url platform text fMSX for MS DOS Homepage http://www.komkon.org/~dekogel/fmsx.html MS DOS title url platform text BlueMSX http://www.bluemsx.com/ Windows Excellent free MSX emulator title url platform text BrMSX http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/brmsx.htm Windows A Bresilian MSX Emulator written in 100% assembler title url platform text CompuJunk's MSX Emulator http://ftp.castel.nl/msx/ Windows A MSX1 and MSX2 Emulator title url platform text RuMSX http://members.ping.at/lexlechz/msx.html Windows A MSX Emulator for Win95 and Win NT + Direct X title url platform text Virtual MSX http://www.msxnet.org/vmsx/ Windows An other MSX 1 emulator for Win 95 / Win NT title url platform text fMSX for MAC OS Homepage http://www.emulation.net/msx/index.html Apple title url platform text fMSX official Homepage http://www.komkon.org/fms/fMSX Other platform 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 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. author date text Andre (France) Thursday 5th August 2010 Hi\ I was using some msx computers long ago, mainly for games.\ I had a Sony Hit Bit 700 that i sold to buy a pc but was missing it so much that i bought a used Sony Hit Bit F500 F (for France I guess). I still have it and its working fine for now. It is booting on Msx Basic, but I have no manual left (if u know of some pdf file ...). I have some game cartridges too.\ Greetings author date text Francisco (Spain) Saturday 1st December 2007 I really don't know as I have never used one of them, I've been reading about this computer and could be a GEM version (but, I'm not sure). author date text Oscar (Spain) Monday 27th December 2004 Maybe GEOS? author date text Leandro (Brazil) Friday 11th April 2003 Does anyone knows the name of the GUI that came with this computer? /museum/canon-v-25 /museum/jvc-hc-95 /museum/kawai-kmc-5000 /museum/msx-2 /museum/panasonic-fs-a1 /museum/panasonic-fs-a1f /museum/sony-hit-bit-f1xd /museum/sony-hit-bit-f700 /museum/sony-hit-bit-f9 /museum/sony-hit-bit-g900f 281 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230529182018/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=281 2023-05-29

Another member of the MSX 2 family. This computer was intended to be a "semi-professional computer", with its built-in floppy disk unit, its separate keyboard and its mouse.

It used a graphical interface on top of the MSX-DOS with windows and icons (and bears a striking resemblance to the first version of GEM).

A nice computer, now if it wasn’t as expensive!

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.