The Panasonic FS-A1 is a MSX2 system. There are two versions: red or black case.
There is DESKPAC software built-in which starts automatically when the system is booted. It offers several interesting utilities : world time clock, chronometer, alarm, calculator, calendar and diary (see software section for screenshots). From here you can also choose to go directly to MSX Basic v2.0.
MSX-Music is included with the system offering 9 channels of FM sound without drums or 6 channels FM sound with 5 FM drums. The computer is equiped with a pause button which hangs the system at will!
Some times later, the FS A1 MK2 (MaKe 2) will be released, offering some improvements (which ones?) like a numeric keypad above the cursor keys.
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NAME
FS A1
MANUFACTURER
Panasonic
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
Japan
YEAR
1986
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
MSX Basic V2.0 + DESKPAC software
KEYBOARD
Full-stroke keyboard with 5 function keys and 4 arrow keys.
CPU
Zilog Z80A
SPEED
3.58 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR
Video Display Processor : V9938 (MSX-VIDEO)
RAM
64 KB
VRAM
128 KB
ROM
64 KB
TEXT MODES
40 x 24 / 32 x 24
GRAPHIC MODES
64 x 48 / 256 x 192 / 256 x 212 / 512 x 212 Interlace mode: 256 x 424, 512 x 424
COLORS
512
SOUND
built in MSX-Music (Yamaha YM-2413 chipset) offering 9 channels of FM sound without drums or 6 channels FM sound with 5 FM drums. Mono output.
