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Dragon MSX

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Developer
  
Radofin

Operating system
  
MSX BASIC V1.0

Memory
  
64 KB RAM / 32 KB ROM

Release date
  
Unreleased 2001

CPU
  
Zilog Z80A @ 3.58 MHz

Dragon MSX

Type
  
prototype home computer

The Dragon MSX MSX 1 home computer was designed by Radofin (the creators of the Mattel Aquarius) for Dragon Data, which were well known for their Dragon 64 home computer, a clone of the TRS-80 Color Computer.

It is very rare, as only a few prototypes were ever built.

Tech information

  • BIOS (16 KB)
  • MSX BASIC V1.0 (16 KB)
  • Video Display Processor: Texas Instruments TMS9918 with a Video RAM of 16 KB and this BASIC modes :
  • SCREEN 0 : text 40 × 24 characters, 2 colors
  • SCREEN 1 : text 32 × 24 characters, 16 colors
  • SCREEN 2 : graphics 256 × 192, 16 colors
  • SCREEN 3 : graphics 64 × 48, 16 colors
  • Sprites: 32, 1 colour, max 4 per horizontal line

    • References

    Dragon MSX Wikipedia
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