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Panasonic FS-A1WSX

An FS-A1WSX
Manufacturer	Panasonic
Product family	MSX
Type	Home computer
Generation	MSX 2+
Release date	1989 5.38 Mhz
Operating system	MSX BASIC V3.0, MSX-DOS, CP/M
Memory	64 KiB–256 KiB (max.)
Storage	720 KiB 3.5" floppy disks
Display	Yamaha V9958 (aka MSX-Video)
Graphics	512 x 212 (16 colours out of 512) and 256 x 212 YJK (19,268 colours)
Sound	3 voices (PSG) + 9 channel FM (OPLL)
Predecessor	FS-A1WX
Successor	FS-A1ST Turbo R

The Panasonic FS-A1WSX was the last MSX 2+ made by Panasonic. It was the sucessor of FS-A1WX and incorporated few changes like S-Video output, no tape support, color printer support and a improved A1 Internal Cockpit software with a Kanji color word processor.

Contrary to other MSX2+ systems the Panasonic FS-A1 used a Z80B processor which could switched via software to 6Mhz. This model supports up to 256KiB of RAM with a little soldering need. 512 KiB is also possible with a more complicated modification.

Technical specifications

Processor

• Zilog Z80B with clock speeds of 3.58 and 5.37 Mhz

Memory

• ROM: 1552 KiB
  • MSX BASIC v3.0: 80 KiB
  • MSX Disk BASIC v1.0: 16 KiB
  • Music BASIC (FM BIOS): 16 KiB
  • JIS 1st & 2nd class Kanji Support: 256KiB
  • MSX-JE: 512KiB
  • MSX-JE/WP (MSX Word Processor): 656 KiB
• RAM: 64 Kib
• VRAM: 128 KiB
• SRAM: 16 KiB

Display

• VDP
  • Yamaha YM9958
  • Text: 80×24, 40×24 and 32×24 (characters per line × lines)
  • Graphical: resolution max 512×212 pixels (16 colours out of 512) and 256×212 (19,268 colours)
  • Colours: 19,268 max
  • Sprites: 32 max

Sound

• PSG
  • Yamaha AY-3-8910
• MSX Music
  • Yamaha OPLL YM-2413

Storage Memory

• 720 KiB 3 1/2" DD/DS floppy disks

Controller chip

• MSX-Engine: T-9769x

External links

• old-computers.com