Philips NMS 8250 MSX2

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General Technical Information

SYSTEM CPU	Z80A @3.5 MHz
CACHE	N/A
RAM / ROM	256K / 64K
DATA BUS WIDTH	8 bit
OPTION BUS	2 x MSX 8 bit system bus cartridge slots
GRAPHICS	128K of sytem RAM is reserved for graphics. SCART connector.
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE	3.5" 720K floppy disk drive
NETWORK	N/A
AUDIO	Onboard audio chip
OS	MSX-BASIC in ROM and MSX-DOS (on floppy)
YEAR	1986
SPEED	not measured
COMMENTS	This Dutch MSX2 computer looks very much like a VCR.
ESTIMATED PRICE '86	$500

History and other comments

This system was imported from The Netherlands. It's quite rare in the rest of the world. MSX computers in general were sold in Japan, Finland and in The Netherlands. MSX is famous for it's great games on ROM cartridge.

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23-1-2005