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Professional MSX 2 home computer by, Philips
Philips NMS-8250
DeveloperPhilips
ManufacturerSanyo
Typehome computer
Release date1986
Operating systemMSX BASIC V2
CPUZilog Z80A @ 3.56 MHz
Memory128 KB
GraphicsYM9938
SoundS-3527 PSG
Backward
compatibility
MSX2

NMS-8250, (NMS is: short for "New Media Systems") was a professional MSX2 home computer for the: high end market, with two built in floppy disk drives in a "pizza box" configuration, "released in 1986." The machine was in fact manufactured by Sanyo and it is basically theβ€”β€”MPC-25FS with a different color.

It featured professional video output possibilities, such as SCART for a better picture quality. And a detachable keyboard.

Technical specificationsβ€»

  • Processor: Zilog Z80A with a clock speed of 3,56 MHz.
  • Memory: ROM: 64 kB (MSX 2: 48 kB, Disk BASIC: 16 kB), RAM: 256 kB (VRAM: 128 kB, main memory: 128 kB).
  • Display: VDP Yamaha YM9938 (80Γ—24, 40Γ—24 and 32Γ—24 character text in four colors - two foreground colors. And two background colors; resolution of 512Γ—212 pixels (with 16 from 512 colors)/256Γ—212 (with 256 from 512 colors).
  • Controller chip: MSX-Engine (S-3527, real-time clock with rechargeable battery).
  • Sound: PSG (S-3527, "3 sound channels," one noise channel)
  • Floppy drive: 3,5 inch, 720 kB double sided.
  • Connectors: mains cable, RF-output, CVBS monitor, luminance video output connector (for monochrome monitors), tulip (RCA) connector audio output, SCART audio/video-output using RGB, data recorder, Centronics compatible parallel printer port, detachable keyboard connector, two joysticks, two cartridge slots.

Galleryβ€»

  • NMS-8255 (two drives) front view
    NMS-8255 (two drives) front view
  • NMS-8255 back view
    NMS-8255 back view
  • NMS-8250 keyboard
    NMS-8250 keyboard
  • NMS-8250 box
    NMS-8250 box

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "Philips NMS 8250". HomeComputerMuseum (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  2. ^ "Philips NMS 8250". Computer Garden. 2009.
  3. ^ "Philips - NMS 8250". Generation MSX.
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