NMS-8250

Philips NMS 8250, (NMS is short for "New Media Systems") was a professional MSX2 home computer for the high end market, with a built in floppy disk drive in a "pizza box" configuration, released in 1986. The machine was in fact manufactured by Sanyo and it is 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.

Three regional models were produced:

• NMS 8250/00 for the Dutch and Belgian markets with a QWERTY keyboard;
• NMS 8250/16 for the Spanish market with a QWERTY keyboard with ñ key;
• NMS 8250/19 for the French market with a AZERTY keyboard.

The Philips NMS 8255 is a similar machine, but has with two disc drives instead of one.

Specifications

The Philips NMS 8250/8255 have the following specifications:

• CPU: Zilog Z80A with a clock speed of 3,56 MHz

• ROM: 64 kB (MSX 2: 48 kB, Disk BASIC: 16 kB)
• RAM: 256 kB
• VRAM: 128 kB

• Display: Yamaha V9938 (80×24, 40×24 and 32×24 character text in four colors - two foreground colors and two background colors; resolution of 512×212 pixels (with 16 from 512 colors) or 256×212 (with 256 from 512 colors).
• Controller chip: MSX-Engine (S-3527, real-time clock with rechargeable battery).
• Sound: PSG (S-3527, 3 sound channels, one noise channel)
• Floppy drive: 3.5<nowiki></nowiki>, 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 printer port, detachable keyboard connector, two joysticks, two cartridge slots.