MSX2+

MSX2+
Basic Information
Type(s)	Home Computer
Developer(s)	ASCII Corporation, Microsoft Corporation
Manufacturer(s)	Sony Corporation, Sanyo and Panasonic
Predecessor(s)	MSX2
Successor(s)	MSX TurboR
Japanese Release
MSX2+ 1988
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MSX2+ is a standard for home computer architecture, and succeeds the MSX2 specification. It was itself succeeded by the MSX TurboR specification.

Specifications

Technical Specifications
CPU	Zilog Z80A @ 3.58 MHz MSX2+ models manufactured by Panasonic can be set to run @ 5.37 MHz by the onboard software, but this is not officially part of the MSX2+ standard.
Clock Chip	Ricoh RP5C01 (or compatible)
RAM	64 kB minimum
ROM	64 kB 32 kB for the BIOS + Extended BIOS 16 kB for MSX BASIC 3.0 DiskROM (16 kB, optional) Kun-BASIC BIOS (16 kB, optional) Kanji ROM (optional)
Graphics	The minimal video RAM is now 128 kB. Up to 192 kB is supported. A horizontal scroll register
GPU	Yamaha V9938
Graphics RAM	128 kB
Resolution	A new 256 × 212 YJK video mode with 19268 simultaneous colors A new 256 × 212 mixed-YJK/RGB video mode with 12499 simultaneous colors
Media	Floppy Disk, Datasette, Cartridge

See also

• List of MSX2+ video games
• Category:MSX2+
• List of MSX2+ peripherals