MSX2

MSX2
Basic Information
Type(s)	Home Computer
Developer(s)	ASCII Corporation, Microsoft Corporation
Manufacturer(s)	Philips, Sony Corporation, Sanyo, Mitsubishi, JVC, Toshiba, Panasonic, Canon, Yamaha, Daewoo, NTT and Talent
Predecessor(s)	MSX
Successor(s)	MSX2+
International Release
MSX2 1985
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MSX2 is a standard for home computer architecture, and succeeds the original MSX specification. It was itself succeeded by the MSX2+ specification.

Specifications

Technical Specifications
CPU	Zilog Z80A @ 3.58 MHz
Clock Chip	Ricoh RP5C01 (or compatible)
RAM	64 kB minimum
ROM	48 kB 32 kB for the BIOS + Extended BIOS 16 kB for MSX BASIC 2.0 or 2.1 DiskROM (16 kB, optional) MSX-Audio BIOS (32 kB, optional)
Graphics	Increased number of, and more advanced sprites: 32, 16 colors, max 8 per horizontal line Hardware acceleration for copy, line, fill, etc. Interlacing to double vertical resolution A vertical scroll register Vertical and horizontal display offset register New bitmapped video modes without the attribute clash under MSX hardware
GPU	Yamaha V9938
Graphics RAM	128 kB
Resolution	512 × 212 (16 colors) 256 × 212 (256 colors) Text modes: 80 × 24
Media	Floppy Disk, Datasette, Cartridge

See also

• List of MSX2 video games
• Category:MSX2
• List of MSX2 peripherals