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FS-A1WSX released in 1989 was the last

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made by Panasonic. It was the successor of FS-A1WX and incorporated few changes like

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output, no tape support, color printer support and an improved A1 Internal Cockpit software with a

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color word processor. Contrary to other MSX2+ systems the Panasonic FS-A1 used a

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compatible

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(T9769x) which could be switched via software to 6 MHz. This model supported up to 256 KB of RAM after doing a little soldering. 512 KB was also possible with a more complicated modification.

Technical specifications

;Processor :* Z-80 compatible

(T9769x) with clock speeds of 3.58 and 5.37 MHz ;Memory :*

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: 1552 KB :**MSX BASIC v3.0: 80 KB :**MSX Disk BASIC v1.0: 16 KB :**Music BASIC (FM BIOS): 16 KB :**JIS 1st & 2nd class Kanji Support: 256KB :**MSX-JE: 512KB :**MSX-JE/WP (MSX Word Processor): 656 KB :*

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: 64 KB :*

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: 128 KB :* SRAM: 16 KB ;Display :* VDP :**Yamaha YM9958 :**Text: 80×24, 40×24 and 32×24 (characters per line × lines) :**Graphical:

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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

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(embedded in MSX Engine) :* MSX Music :**Yamaha OPLL YM-2413 ;Storage Memory :* 720 KB 3 1/2" DD/DS floppy disks

References

External links

old-computers.com
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