NMS-8250

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 the 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 specifications

 * 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 (80×24, 40×24 and 32×24 character text in four colors - two foreground colors and two background colors; resolution of 512×212 pixels (with 16 from 512 colors) or 256×212 (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.