My MSX Computers

Here I list my MSX computers and peripherals. If anyone wants to trade information on MSX hardware, please send me an e-mail. Here you will also find the pin assignments for some MSX computers. If you have any hardware information that you would like to share so that I can put it here, send me an e-mail.

Hardware List

• One Panasonic FS-A1GT MSX turboR Personal Computer (w/ 256KB VRAM);
• One Panasonic FS-PC1 48dot MSX Color Printer;
• One Panasonic FS-JM1 MSX Mouse;
• One Panasonic FW-RSU1W Image Scanner;
• One Sony HBI-V1 Video Digitizer;
• One ASCII MEM-768 RAM Cartridge (w/ 1MB RAM + MSX-DOS2);
• One MegaSCSI with a 340MB Fujitsu HDD;
• One Commodore 1084S Monitor;
• One Sunrise MSX ATA-IDE with a 540MB HDD;
• Two CIEL MSX2+ turbo with 4MB RAM;
• Two CIEL ATA-IDE with a 127MB HDDs; (*)
• One ACVS Slot Expander;
• One DDX Slot Expander;
• One NEC MultiSync 3D monitor;
• One NEC MultiSync JC-1402HMA monitor;
• One Elecom EGG 200 MSX Mouse;
• One AdMouse; (*)
• One Gradiente TM-2 Modem;
• One Gradiente RS-232 Serial Cartridge;

(*) Still waiting for one ATA-IDE, one FDD controller and the AdMouse...

Pin Assignments

Commodore

Monitor

1084S

Pin No.	TTL RGB	Analog RGB
1	Ground	Ground
2	Ground	Ground
3	Red	Red
4	Green	Green
5	Blue	Blue
6	Intensity	Not used
7	Not used	Composite Sync.
8	H.Sync.	H.Sync.
9	V.Sync.	V.Sync.

Gradiente

Computer

Expert

Bus Expansion

 

Cassette Tape

1	REM
2	SHIELD
3	REM
4	DATA IN
5	DATA OUT

Joystick

1	FWD
2	BACK
3	LEFT
4	RIGHT
5	+5V
6	TRG1
7	TRG2
8	OUTPUT
9	GND

Printer

1	STROBE	2	GND
3	D0	4	GND
5	D1	6	GND
7	D2	8	GND
9	D3	10	GND
11	D4	12	GND
13	D5	14	GND
15	D6	16	GND
17	D7	18	GND
19	NC	20	GND
21	BUSY	22	GND
23	NC	24	GND
25	NC	26	NC

RGB

1	COMP. SYNC.
2	GND
3	R
4	G
5	B
6	+VCC
7	Y
8	AUDIO

Panasonic

Computer

FS-A1GT

Joystick

1	FWD
2	BACK
3	LEFT
4	RIGHT
5	+5V
6	TRIGA
7	TRIGB
8	STB
9	GND

Midi In

1	NC
2	GND
3	NC
4	MIDII1
5	MIDII2

Midi Out

1	NC
2	GND
3	NC
4	MIDIO1
5	MIDIO2

Printer

1	PSTB
2	PDB0
3	PDB1
4	PDB2
5	PDB3
6	PDB4
7	PDB5
8	PDB6
9	PDB7
10
11	BUSY
12
13
14	GND

RGB

1	GND
2	AUDIO
3	AVCONT
4	VIDEO
5	YS
6	R
7	G
8	B

S-VIDEO

1	GND
2	GND
3	Y
4	C

FS-A1ST

Joystick

1	FWD
2	BACK
3	LEFT
4	RIGHT
5	+5V
6	TRIGA
7	TRIGB
8	STB
9	GND

Printer

1	PSTB
2	PDB0
3	PDB1
4	PDB2
5	PDB3
6	PDB4
7	PDB5
8	PDB6
9	PDB7
10
11	BUSY
12
13
14	GND

RGB

1	GND
2	AUDIO
3	AVCONT
4	SYNC
5	YS
6	R
7	G
8	B

S-VIDEO

1	GND
2	GND
3	Y
4	C

Schematics

Panasonic

Computer

FS-A1GT  

Hey, you can get the whole service manual at funet. Get the color version or the b&w? version, so there is no point in keeping these images here any longer. Removed on 2005/02/17.