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Panasonic FS-A1ST

MSX · 1990

The last MSX ever made, and only Panasonic made it: the R800, a much faster processor developed for the machine, alongside a Z80 for compatibility, with a MIDI interface and a PCM sound chip. Japan only, expensive, and the end of a standard that ran nine years.

As catalogued

Maker
Panasonic
CPU
ASCII R800-7.16
Memory
256K
Styles
FS-A1ST
Regions
NTSC-J (Japan), PAL (Europe), NTSC-U (US)
Chassis
wedge with a built-in 3.5-inch drive
OS
MSX BASIC 4.0 / MSX-DOS 2

Chips

7
CPU
ASCII R800
VDP
Yamaha V9958
Sound
General Instrument AY-3-8912, General Instrument AY-3-8910, Yamaha YM2149F
PPI
NEC D8255AC-5, Intel 8255A-5, Toshiba T7937A (MSX-Engine)
Z80
Zilog Z80A, Toshiba TMPZ84C00AP
MSX-MUSIC
Yamaha YM2413 (OPLL)
Clock
Ricoh RP5C01

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