MSX2
Basic Information
Type(s)
Home Computer
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MSX
MSX2+
International Release
MSX2 1985
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MSX2 is a standard for home computer architecture, and succeeds the original MSX specification. It was itself succeeded by the MSX2+ specification.
Specifications [ | ]
Technical Specifications
CPU
Zilog Z80A @ 3.58 MHz
Clock Chip
Ricoh RP5C01 (or compatible)
RAM
64 kB minimum
ROM
48 kB
32 kB for the BIOS + Extended BIOS
16 kB for MSX BASIC 2.0 or 2.1
DiskROM (16 kB, optional)
MSX-Audio BIOS (32 kB, optional)
Graphics
Increased number of, and more advanced sprites: 32, 16 colors, max 8 per horizontal line
Hardware acceleration for copy, line, fill, etc.
Interlacing to double vertical resolution
A vertical scroll register
Vertical and horizontal display offset register
New bitmapped video modes without the attribute clash under MSX hardware
GPU
Yamaha V9938
Graphics RAM
128 kB
Resolution
512 × 212 (16 colors)
256 × 212 (256 colors)
Text modes: 80 × 24
Media
Floppy Disk, Datasette, Cartridge
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