MBC-550

rdf:langString MBC-550

rdf:langString MBC-55x

rdf:langString MBC-55x

rdf:langString Intel 8088 at 3.58 MHz

rdf:langString RGB graphics adapter

rdf:langString Original Sanyo MBC-550 demo written in BASIC at 27-9-1983. See full sourcecode of the demo https://web.archive.org/web/20090108133830/http://www.companje.nl/projects/Sanyo/Sanyo-Basic-DEMO-27-9-1983.html

rdf:langString Sanyo

rdf:langString Personal computer

rdf:langString The Sanyo MBC-550 is a small and inexpensive personal computer in "pizza-box" style, featuring an Intel 8088 microprocessor and running a version of MS-DOS. Sold by Sanyo, it was the least expensive early IBM PC compatible. The MBC-550 has much better video display possibilities than the CGA card (8 colors at 640x200 resolution, vs CGA's 4 colors at 320x200 or 2 colors at 640x200), but it is not completely compatible with the IBM PC. The computer lacks a standard BIOS, having only a minimal bootloader in ROM that accesses hardware directly to load a RAM-based BIOS. The diskette format (FM rather than MFM) used is not completely compatible with the IBM PC, but special software on an original PC or PC/XT (but not PC/AT) can read and write the diskettes, and software expecting a standard 18.2 Hz clock interrupt has to be rewritten. The MBC-550 was also the computer for NRI training. Starting by building the computer, the NRI promised you would be "qualified to service and repair virtually every major brand of computer". NRI advertised in Popular Mechanics and Popular Science throughout 1985. The MBC-550 is less PC compatible than the IBM PCjr. Its inability to use much PC software was a significant disadvantage; InfoWorld reported in August 1985 that Sanyo "has initiated a campaign to sell off" of MBC-550 inventory. The company's newer computers were, an executive claimed, 99% PC compatible.

rdf:langString RGB Color Monitor CRT 70

rdf:langString Keyboard

rdf:langString MS-DOS

rdf:langString <$1000