The SVI-728 is the first home computer from Spectravideo that complied fully with the MSX home computer specification.[1][2] It was introduced in 1984.[3] The design is virtually identical to that of the earlier SV-328, which did not comply fully with the MSX standard.
The SVI-738 is a portable version of this computer.
Technical specifications
The SVI-728 had the following technical specifications:[1]
- Video
- Graphical processor: Texas Instruments TMS9918A/TMS9929 (NTSC/PAL)
- Graphical resolution: 256 x 192 pixels
- text modes: 40 characters x 24 lines and 32 characters x 24 lines
- colors: 16
- sprites: 32
- Sound
- General Instrument AY-3-8910-soundchip
- 3 sound channels
- 1 noise channels
- 1 envelope controller
- Connectors
- 1 data recorder/Cassette deck
- 2 joysticks
- 1 cartridge
- 1 Super Expander
- 1 disk station
References
- ^ a b "SVI 728". OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ Stewart, Terry (2021). "Spectravideo 728". Terry Stewart (Tezza)'s Vintage Classic Computer Collection. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ Ögren; Ögren; Edmundsson; Jonsson. "SVI-728 - HwB". The Hardware Book - HwB. Archived from the original on 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
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