This small MSX-1 computer is quite original. It is very compact and
was marketed has a handheld computer ! Thus, there is a handle which
is pulled out from the front of the machine.
There are two cartridge ports and the power unit
could be attached or not to the back of the system (see picture).
Apparently the H1 had built-in graphic and music software, hence the graphic tablet available (see hardware section).
There was also a smaller version called H1E which had only 16 kb of RAM.
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please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.
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NAME
H1 / H1E
MANUFACTURER
Hitachi
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
Japan
YEAR
1983
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
Microsoft Extended basic Music and sketch software built-in
KEYBOARD
QWERTY mechanical
CPU
Z80A
SPEED
3,6 Mhz
RAM
H1 : 32 kb H1E : 16 kb
ROM
32 kb
TEXT MODES
40 x 24
GRAPHIC MODES
256 x 192, 32 sprites
COLORS
16
SOUND
General Instrument AY-2-8910 sound generator 3 voices, 8 octaves
