NMS-8250
Developer | Philips |
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Manufacturer | Sanyo |
Type | home computer |
Release date | 1986 |
Operating system | MSX BASIC V2 |
CPU | Zilog Z80A @ 3.56 MHz |
Memory | 128 KB |
Graphics | YM9938 |
Sound | S-3527 PSG |
Backward compatibility | MSX2 |
NMS-8250, (NMS is short for "New Media Systems") was a professional MSX2 home computer for the high end market, with two built in floppy disk drives in a "pizza box" configuration, released in 1986.[1][2][3] The machine was in fact manufactured by Sanyo and it is basically the MPC-25FS with a different color.
It featured professional video output possibilities, such as SCART for a better picture quality, and a detachable keyboard.
Technical specifications
[edit]- Memory: ROM: 64 kB (MSX 2: 48 kB, Disk BASIC: 16 kB), RAM: 256 kB (VRAM: 128 kB, main memory: 128 kB).
- Display: VDP Yamaha YM9938 (80×24, 40×24 and 32×24 character text in four colors - two foreground colors and two background colors; resolution of 512×212 pixels (with 16 from 512 colors) or 256×212 (with 256 from 512 colors).
- Controller chip: MSX-Engine (S-3527, real-time clock with rechargeable battery).
- Sound: PSG (S-3527, 3 sound channels, one noise channel)
- Floppy drive: 3,5 inch, 720 kB double sided.
- Connectors: mains cable, RF-output, CVBS monitor, luminance video output connector (for monochrome monitors), tulip (RCA) connector audio output, SCART audio/video-output using RGB, data recorder, Centronics compatible parallel printer port, detachable keyboard connector, two joysticks, two cartridge slots.
Gallery
[edit]- NMS-8255 (two drives) front view
- NMS-8255 back view
- NMS-8250 keyboard
- NMS-8250 box
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References
[edit]- ^ "Philips NMS 8250". HomeComputerMuseum (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "Philips NMS 8250". Computer Garden. 2009.
- ^ "Philips - NMS 8250". Generation MSX.