Apart from a nice metallic finish case, the same as Philips and Sony MSX machines, and an unusual arrows keypad, the Panasonic CF-2700 was a pure MSX 1 machine.
It featured a dual cartridge slot but, oddly, no RGB video output, only composite and RF jacks.
The CF-2700 was also sold under the brand National in some countries with 32 KB RAM instead of 64 for the Panasonic version.
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please help we have zx spectrum 48k and one 128k program running at 6mhz using external ram and snapper discs from velesoft site
About the 2 cartridge slots, of some MSX computers... 1 Cartridge slot could be used to insert a music-module or FM-pack, and then if you inserted a game-cartridge in slot 2, you had better sound/music with digital sound.
Thursday 4th January 2007
Alphamale2039 (Europe)
I love this machine! Spent a lot of time with it when I was 11-14 years old, even learned how to do Assembly on it...
At the time, PCs were slow in comparison. The Z80A had a lot of registers, which made it the most powerful 8-bit CPU ever. The 8080 and 8086 where much smaller and less versatile. Z80s are still used today, often in embedded systems, like network cards.
Friday 9th December 2005
Trond (Norway)
NAME
CF-2700
MANUFACTURER
Panasonic
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
Japan
YEAR
1984
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
Microsoft Extended Basic (MSX Basic V1.0)
KEYBOARD
Full-stroke keyboard with 5 function keys and 4 arrow keys. 73 keys.
CPU
Zilog Z80A
SPEED
3.58 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR
Video chip compatible with the Texas Instruments TMS 9918/A or TMS 9928/A (Japan : 60 Hz) or TMS 9929/A (Europe : 50 Hz)
RAM
64 KB
VRAM
16 KB
ROM
32 KB BASIC/BIOS ( MSX BASIC V1.0)
TEXT MODES
Mode 0 : 40 x 24 Mode 1 : 32 x 24
GRAPHIC MODES
Mode 2 : 256 x 192 with 16 colors (Hires mode) Mode 3 : 64 x 48 with 16 colors (Multi colour mode) 32 sprites
COLORS
16
SOUND
General Instruments AY-3-8910 Programmable Sound Generator 3 channels, 8 octaves
SIZE / WEIGHT
436 x 245 x 90 mm / approximately 3.6 Kg
I/O PORTS
2 x joystick sockets 2 x cardridge slots Tape-recorder interface (1200/2400 bauds) RGB video output RF & composite video output Centronics interface
