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| Product family | MSX |
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| Type | Home computer |
| Release date | 1984 |
| Operating system | MSX BASIC MSX-DOS CP/M 2.2 |
| CPU | Zilog Z80A @ 3.58 MHz |
| Memory | 64 KB (+16 KB video memory) |
| Removable storage | 3+1⁄2-inch floppy disks, ROM cartridge, cassette tapes |
| Display | 256x192 pixel resolution, 256 colours |
| Graphics | TMS9918A/TMS9929 (NTSC/PAL) |
| Sound | AY-3-8910 |
| Input | Keyboard |
| Predecessor | SV-328 |
| Related | SVI-738 |
The SVI-728 is the first home computer from Spectravideo that complied fully with the MSX home computer specification. It was introduced in 1984. 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:
- 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
- ^ "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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