...the superb MSX specification.
Written on May 28th, 2026 by Tech Ads
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The price tag. It's something rather special.
When you take a look at the new Goldstar
MSX you'll find an asking price of around £240
Quite a bit less than most of the others.
And since you're choosing a micro that's
designed and built to one standard, that'll leave
you a whole lot more for the super new MSX
games or business software.
What is standard, of course, is the superb
MSX specification.
Theres one thing
about this MSX that isnt
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State-of-the-art feature like 64K of ‘user
RAM and 32K of ROM and 16K Video RAM place
the Goldstar right at the top of the MSX league.
Sixteen vivid colours and eight octaves of
sound make it a great games player's micro.
And there's a powertul Z-80A processor to
take on a world of home office tasks.
Goldstar MSX. The brightest new star
among micros that's unbeatable value for money.
Youll find it at above standard computer
dealers now.
M4 GoldStar
Distnbuted by:-
MICRO DEALER UK Ltd
29 Burrowfield, Welwyn Garden City Herts AL7 4SS
Tel: (07073) 28181 Telex: 23674 MDUKG
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‘…the superb MSX specification.’
The Goldstar FC-200 was a MSX standard computer first launched in 1984. The core of the FC-200 was a Z80A CPU running at 3.6 MHz paired with 64Kb of RAM and 16KB of video RAM. It was initially available for 229GBP or 995 Fr.
An operating manual for the Goldstar FC-200 can be found at the Internet Archive.
Via: Personal Computer World - Volume 8, Issue 1 (January 1985)
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