1chipMSX
Sign in to savethumb|A 1chipMSX displayed with power adapter, instruction manual, and cardboard packaging. The One chip MSX, or 1chipMSX as the D4 Enterprise distributional name for the ESE MSX System 3, is a re-implementation of an MSX-2 home computer that uses a single FPGA to implement all the electronics (except the RAM) of an MSX-2, including the MSX-MUSIC and SCC+ audio extensions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- computer
- Has part
- field-programmable gate array
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Image
- 1chipmsx.jpg
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- Commons category
- 1chipMSX
- publication date
- 2006-08-11
- units sold
- 5000
- discontinuation date
- 2011-10-15
- storage capacity
- 128
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thumb|A 1chipMSX displayed with power adapter, instruction manual, and cardboard packaging. The One chip MSX, or 1chipMSX as the D4 Enterprise distributional name for the ESE MSX System 3, is a re-implementation of an MSX-2 home computer that uses a single FPGA to implement all the electronics (except the RAM) of an MSX-2, including the MSX-MUSIC and SCC+ audio extensions.
The system is housed in a transparent blue plastic box, and can be used with a standard monitor (or TV) and a PC keyboard. Original MSX cartridges can be inserted, as well as SD and MMC memory cards as an external storage medium. Even though it lacks a 3.5" disk drive, disks are supported through emulation on a memory card, including support for booting MSX-DOS. Due to its VHDL programmable hardware, it's possible to give the device new hardware extensions by simply running a reconfiguration program under MSX-DOS. The "one chip-MSX" is equipped with two USB connectors, that can be used after adding some supporting VHDL code.
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