MSX

MSX is a computer standard created in 1983 by Kazuhiko Nishi, who was Vice President of ASCII Corporation.

At the time, ASCII was Microsoft's representative in Japan.

Its operating system could be MSX-DOS or MSX Basic, and it had a Zilog Z80 processor running at 3.58 MHz and memory ranging from 8KB to 512KB.

Its resolution was 256x192 and it had a Yamaha YM2149 sound chip.

It became quite popular in countries such as Brazil, Japan, England, Argentina, and the Netherlands.

Release date: 1983