NMS-8250
Philips NMS-8255 (two drives) MSX 2 homecomputer
NMS-8255 seen from the back
The Philips NMS-8250, (NMS is short for "New Media Systems") was a professional MSX 2 home computer for the high end market, with two built in floppy disk drives in a "pizza box" configuration. The machine was in fact manufactured by Sanyo and it's 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
- ROM: 64 kB
- Display
- VDP
- Yamaha YM9938
- text: 80×24, 40×24 and 32×24 (characters per line × lines) four colors, two foreground colors and two background colors
- graphical: resolution max 512×212 pixels (16 colors 512) and 256×212 (256 colors)
- colors: 512 max
- VDP
- Controller chip
- MSX-Engine: S-3527
- real-time clock with rechargeable battery
- Sound
- PSG (S-3527)
- 3 sound channels, one noise channel
- floppy disk station
- dimensions: 3,5 inch
- capacity: 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 port for a printer
- detachable keyboard connector
- 2 joysticks
- 2 cartridge slots