Sanyo MBC550
1983
The Sanyo MBC-550 was the first of the legitimate clones of the IBM Personal Computer.
MANUFACTURER Sanyo
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN Japan
YEAR 1982
END OF PRODUCTION 1988
BUILT IN LANGUAGE Sanyo Basic
KEYBOARD QWERTY full-stroke keyboard with numeric keypad
CPU Intel 8088
SPEED 3.58 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR Optional Intel 8087 math coprocessor
RAM 128 KB or 256 KB depending models, includes 16 KB V-RAM
VRAM 48 KB(includes 16 KB of main RAM)
ROM 8 KB (IPL/CG)
TEXT MODES 40 x 25 / 80 x 25
GRAPHIC MODES 144 x 200 / 576 x 200 / 640 x 400 (or 640 x 200 ?)
COLOrsc 8
SOUND Buzzer, can only generate a single buzztone sound (fixed duration)
SIZE / WEIGHT main unit : 380(W)x112(H)x360(D) mm
keyboard : 442(W)x45(H)x174(D) mm
I/O PORTS Centronics printer port, RS-232c (optional), RGB (DIN-8) & composite vide outputs, joystick/paddle (optional), keyboard (DIN-5), external ? (optional)
BUILT IN MEDIA MBC-550 : 1 x 51/4 disk-drive (160k)
MBC-555 : 2 x 51/4 disk-drive (160k)
MBC-555-2 : 2 x 51/4 disk-drive (360k)
OS MS-DOS 2.11, optional: CP/M 86 & Concurrent CP/M-86
POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU
PERIPHERALS 128 KB RAM expansion
PRICE MBC-550: £800 - MBC-555 £1150 (U.K., 1984)
MBC-555-2 : 14200 FF (France, january 1986)
MBC-55 : 178000 yens (Japan, 83)
MBC-555-3 : 16590 FF (France, january 1986)