MSX

MSX
Basic Information
Type(s)	Home Computer
Developer(s)	ASCII Corporation, Microsoft Corporation
Manufacturer(s)	Spectravideo, Philips, Al Alamiah, Sony Corporation, Sanyo, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Hitachi, National/Panasonic, Canon, Casio, Pioneer, Fujitsu General, Yamaha, JVC, Yashica-Kyocera, GoldStar, Samsung/Fenner, Daewoo/Yeno, Gradiente, Sharp/Epcom and Talent
Successor(s)	MSX2
International Release
MSX 1983
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MSX is a standard for home computer architecture, and was suceeded by the MSX2 specification.

Specifications

Technical Specifications
CPU	Zilog Z80A @ 3.58 MHz
Clock Chip	None
RAM	8 kB minimum
ROM	32 kB (16 kB for the BIOS and 16 kB for MSX BASIC 1.0)
Graphics	Sprites: 32, 1 colour, max 4 per horizontal line
GPU	Texas Instruments TMS9918 family
Graphics RAM	16 kB
Resolution	Graphics mode: 256 × 192 (16 colors). In reality, there are just 15 colour tints available, because, just like Sinclair Spectrum, there are two codes for black. Unlike the Spectrum, however, one of the blacks is actually "transparent", so the MSX video picture could be overlaid on another video signal, for example, one from a video disk. Text modes: 40 × 24 and 32 × 24
Media	Floppy Disk, Datasette, Cartridge

See also

• List of MSX video games
• Category:MSX
• List of MSX peripherals