The Toshiba Pasopia IQ are a series of MSX compatible machines released by Toshiba between 1983 and 1985.
HX-10 series The HX-10 was released in the fall of 1983. There is only one ROM cartridge slot, but there's an optional expansion slot available. Several models exist (D, DP, DPN, F, E and S), targeting different markets. For example, the HX-10DPN is equipped with an RGB 21-pin terminal, but other connections (RF, composite video) are non existing; the HX-10S only has 16KB of RAM.
HX-20 series The HX-20 was released in the fall of 1984 is equipped with 64KB of RAM. It has a monaural / stereo sound selector switch. Like with the HX-10 series, several models exist (HX-21, HX-22, HX-23). The later models have a RGB 21-pin video output. The HX-23 is compatible with the MSX2 and comes with 64KB of VRAM. The HX-23F is equipped with a RS-232 interface and comes with 128KB of VRAM.
HX-30 series The HX-30 was MSX compatible and released in 1985, with 16KB of RAM, with latter models coming with 64KB, a RGB 21-pin video output and Programmable sound generator stereo output. The HX-33 model has 128kB of VRAM and was MSX2 compatible with integrated keyboard. The next model, HX-34, added a floppy disk drive.
Model list
The following table present a condensed model list of the MSX compatible computers released by Toshiba.
+MSX compatible computers released by Toshiba Model Year RegionCompatibility Toshiba HX-10D (Pasopia IQ) 1983 JPMSX 1 Toshiba HX-10S (Pasopia IQ) 1983 JPMSX 1 Toshiba HX-10AA 1984 BE, NLMSX 1 Toshiba HX-10DP (Pasopia IQ) 1984 JPMSX 1 Toshiba HX-10DPN (Pasopia IQ) 1984 JPMSX 1 Toshiba HX-10E 1984 ESMSX 1 Toshiba HX-10F 1984 FRMSX 1 Toshiba HX-10I 1984 ITMSX 1 Toshiba HX-10P 1984 DE, IT, UKMSX 1 Toshiba HX-10SA (Pasopia IQ) 1984 JPMSX 1 Toshiba HX-10SF 1984 FIMSX 1 Toshiba HX-20 (Pasopia IQ) 1984 JPMSX 1 Toshiba HX-21 (Pasopia IQ) 1984 JPMSX 1 Toshiba HX-22 (Pasopia IQ) 1984 JPMSX 1 Toshiba HX-20E 1985 ESMSX 1 Toshiba HX-20I 1985 ITMSX 1 Toshiba HX-21F 1985 FRMSX 1 Toshiba HX-22CH 1985 CHMSX 1 Toshiba HX-22GB 1985 UKMSX 1 Toshiba HX-22I 1985 ES, ITMSX 1 Toshiba HX-30 (Pasopia IQ) 1985 JPMSX 1 Toshiba HX-31 (Pasopia IQ) 1985 JPMSX 1 Toshiba HX-32 (Pasopia IQ) 1985 JPMSX 1 Toshiba HX-51 1985 ES, ITMSX 1 Toshiba HX-52 1985 ES, ITMSX 1 Toshiba HX-20AR 1986 ARMSX 1 Toshiba HX-23 (Pasopia IQ)1985JPMSX 2Toshiba HX-23F (Pasopia IQ)1985JPMSX 2Toshiba HX-33 (Pasopia IQ)1985JPMSX 2Toshiba HX-34 (Pasopia IQ)1985JPMSX 2Toshiba FS-TM11986ITMSX 2
See also Toshiba Pasopia Toshiba Pasopia 5 Toshiba Pasopia 7 Toshiba Pasopia 16
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