YAMAHA

Yamaha MSX(1985)

Specs:

Operating system:	MSX, MSX-Basic V1.0
Memory:	32 KB RAM, 32KB ROM
Processor:	Z80A, 3.58 MHz.
Announcement:	Video chip TMS 992Å, 16 KB Video RAM: Text 40x24x2 or 32x24x15, diagram 256x192x15
Sound:	Sound chip Ay3-8910 (8 voices polyphonic); inserted 4-Operators-FM-Synthesizer
I/O:	1 x module haven, 1 x cartridge, 1 x video, 1 x HF (antenna), 2 x Joystick, MIDI interface, 60-polige socket for Synthesizer
Built:	Year of construction 1985, well received, power pack is missing. Flea market, 15 DM
Comments:	Despite these first-time production difficulties it brought the CX5M to some spreading popularity especially among musicians. Using a special "Voicing cartridge" one could edit the sounds of the well-known professional Synthesizer at that time - the DX7 very easily from the computer, which was an enormous improvement. Therefore many musicians created sounds themselves on the computer without ever using it for "typical" tasks of computers such as games or text processing.