MSX is a standardized home computer architecture, announced by ASCII Corporation on June 16, 1983. It was initially conceived by Microsoft as a product for the Japanese market, and jointly marketed by Kazuhiko Nishi, the director at ASCII Corporation. Microsoft and Nishi conceived the project as an attempt to create unified standards among various home computing system manufacturers of the period, in the same fashion as the VHS standard for home video tape machines. The first MSX computer sold to the public was a Mitsubishi ML-8000, released on October 21, 1983, thus marking its official relea
Key facts
- Computer.name
- MSX
- Computer.logo
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- Computer.image
- frameless
- Computer.caption
- Sony MSX, Model HitBit 10-P
- Computer.developer
- ASCII Corporation
- Computer.manufacturer
- National, Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Philips, Canon, Yamaha, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Sanyo, JVC, Fujitsu, Spectravideo, GoldStar, Hitachi, Kyocera, Yashica, Daewoo, Dragon MSX, Casio
- Computer.type
- Home computer
- Computer.release_date
- October 21, 1983 (MSX)
- Computer.discontinued
- 1993 (MSX turboR)
- Computer.os
- MSX BASIC, MSX-DOS
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- Instance of
- technical standard
- Subclass of
- home computer
- Developer
- ASCII Corporation
- Image
- Sony HitBit HB-10P (White Background).jpg
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- publication date
- 1983-00-00
- Commons category
- MSX
- CPU
- Zilog Z80
- topic's main category
- Category:MSX
- social media followers
- 3413
- Commons gallery
- MSX
- inception
- 1983-00-00
- operating system
- MSX BASIC
- discontinuation date
- 1993-00-00
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