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Type
  
home computer

Discontinued
  
1988

Memory
  
64 KB–512 KB (max.)

Release date
  
November, 1985

CPU
  
Zilog Z80A @ 3.58 MHz

Hotbit

Operating system
  
MSX BASIC, MSX-DOS, CP/M

The Hotbit HB-8000 was an MSX1 home computer developed and sold by the Brazilian subsidiary of Japanese corporation Sharp through its EPCOM home computer division, in mid-1980s. The MSX machines were very popular in Brazil at the time, and they virtually killed all the other competing 8 bit microcomputers in the Brazilian market.

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Versions 1-1.2

The Hotbit had three versions: 1.0 and 1.1 with gray and white case and 1.2, with a black case and a ROM slightly modified to solve an ASCII table compatibility issue with the other popular Brazilian MSX, the Gradiente Expert.

Peripherals

  • HB-100: joystick
  • HB-2400: tape recorder
  • HB-3000 or HB-3001: external modem
  • HB-3600: Dual disk drive controller and power supply. Sold in a bundle with one HB-6000 drive
  • HB-4000: 80 columns card with the V9938 VDP inside
  • HB-4100: 64KB RAM expansion
  • HB-6000: 5¼" disk drive (slim height), 360 KB

    • References

    Hotbit Wikipedia
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