19 Facts About MSX

MSX is a standardized home computer architecture, announced by Microsoft and ASCII Corporation on June 16, 1983.

MSX systems were popular in Japan and several other countries.

The very first commercial MSX for the public was a Mitsubishi ML-8000, released on October 21, 1983, thus marking its official "release date".

MSX felt "MSX" was fit because it means "the next of Microsoft", and it contains first letters of Matsushita and Sony.

However, almost all MSX systems used a professional keyboard instead of a chiclet keyboard, driving the price up compared to the original SV-328.

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Consequently, these components alongside Microsoft's MSX BASIC made the MSX a competitive, though somewhat expensive, home computer package.

On June 27, 1983, the MSX was formally announced during a press conference, and a slew of big Japanese firms declared their plans to introduce machines.

New MSX3 was scheduled to be released in 1990, but delays in the development of its Yamaha-designed VDP caused it to miss its time to market deadline.

In Japan, South Korea, Argentina, and Brazil, the MSX was the preeminent home computer system of the 1980s.

Classrooms full of networked Yamaha MSX computers were used for teaching informatics in schools in some Arab countries, the Soviet Union, and Cuba, where they were widely used in public schools, which allowed the Cuban government to educate students in computer subjects.

In total, 9 million MSX computers were sold in Japan, making it relatively popular.

However, the MSX did not become the worldwide standard envisioned because of limited adoption in other markets.

Since the MSX games were unplayable on the SV-328 computer, SV-328 crackers developed a method of modifying the games to make them work on the SV-328.

The one chip-MSX" is similar in concept to the C-One, a Commodore 64 clone built on the basis of a single FPGA chip.

The new MSX system is housed in a box made out of transparent blue plastic, and can be used with a standard monitor and a PC keyboard.

The "one chip-MSX" has two USB connectors that can be used after adding some supporting VHDL code.

In 2011, AGE Labs announced the launch of a MSX kit called GR8BIT, the do-it-yourself computer for learning purposes, which was licensed by the MSX Licensing Corporation.

MSX standard requires at least 1 cartridge slot, most MSX models have 2.

In 1985, the MSX2 was released, and these systems often included a built-in 3.