MSXturboR

Historia

Panasonic was the only company to produce MSX 2 Turbo R systems: the FS A1. Two versions of the FS A1 were presented, the FS A1 ST and the FS A1 GT. The GT has 512 KB RAM, a MIDI interface and MSX View in ROM (MSX View is the Graphic User Interface compatible with MSX-DOS). *Panasonic FS-A1ST (RAM 256KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB / 1 FDD / JIS 1st&2nd Class Kanji) (1990/Japan) FS-A1GT (RAM 512KB Mapper / VRAM 128KB / 1 FDD / MIDI / MSX-View / JIS 1st&2nd Class Kanji) (1991/Japan)

Características

CPU  	R800 - Z80A downwards compatible but 5 to 10 times faster than a Z80
Velocidad  	3.579545 MHz (Z80 mode), 7.16 MHz (R800 mode - equivalent to a 28.64MHz Z80 CPU)
Co-procesador  	Video chip must be compatible with the Yamaha VG9938 or V9958, Sonido chip must be compatible with the General Instruments AY8910
RAM  	from 256 KB to 512 KB + 32 KB SRAM up to 4 MB with some soldering
VRAM  	128 KB (up to 192 KB)
ROM  	80 KB (Basic) 80KB (MSX Disk Basic) 16KB (MSX-MUSIC Basic) 496KB (MSX View)
Modos de Texto  	80 x 25 / 40 x 25 / 32 x 25
Modo gráfico  	64 x 48 / 256 x 192 / 256 x 212 / 512 x 212 / 512 x 424
Colores  	16 / 16 - 256 / 16 among 512 / 131072
Sonido  	AY-8910 + YM-2413 chip (9 channels of music) + PCM = 13 available channels!
Tamaño/Peso  	425(W) x 292(D) x 89(H)mm / 3.4Kg
Puertos de entrada/salida  	Joystick(2), Cartridge(2), RGB, Composite Video, Centronics, External Audio, MIDI (GT version)
Almacenamiento interno  	Built-in 3.5 disk drive
OS  	MSX-BASIC by default, MSX-DOS when booted. The 32KB SRAM of the GT also doubles as a bootable RAM drive
Fuente de alimentación  	Built-in Fuente de alimentación unit
Precio  	ST: $87,800 Yen (Japan, 1990)
GT: $99,800 Yen (Japan, 1990)