...the best bits from every other home computer...
Written on August 4th, 2026 by Tech Ads
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"I’M A TOSHIBA HX10.
I'VE GOT ALL THE
BEST BITS FROM EVERY
OTHER HOME COMPUTER.
AND MORE. I HAVE A
64K MEMORY, LIKE THE
COMMODORE 64. A
CASSETTE INTERFACE,
LIKE THE BBC. TWO
JOYSTICK PORTS, LIKE
THE COMMODORE 64.
A BUILT IN POWER
SUPPLY, LIKE THE
BBC. 16 USABLE
COLOURS, LIKE THE
ACORN ELECTRON. OVER
70 FULL STROKE KEYS,
LIKE THE BBC. A
CARTRIDGE SLOT, LIKE
THE COMMODORE 64.
A PRINTER INTERFACE,
LIKE THE ORIC ATMOS.
SOUND OUTPUT THROUGH
THE T.V., LIKE THE
COMMODORE 64, AN
AUDIO/VIDEO OUTPUT
CONNECTION, LIKE
THE COMMODORE 64.
RF BUILT IN LIKE lt ae
THE BBC. AND: A
SEPARATE 16K VIDEO
MEMORY, UNLIKE MOST
NON-MSX COMPUTERS .
32 SPRITES, MORE "WOW. WITH A
THAN MOST NON-MSX SPECIFICATION LIST
COMPUTERS. AND I USE LIKE THAT.
MICROSOFT EXTENDED NO WONDER YOU’ VE
BASIC, LIKE EVERY GOT A 64K MEMORY. °
OTHER MSX COMPUTER. ”
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You'd expect one of the best-selling ononelanguage:MSX.Youcan swap prog- So if you want a computer that won't
home computers in Japan to have a_rams,games,cassettes,even peripherals be obsolete in a few years, buy an MSX.
specification list as big as its memory. _ like disk drives, printers, and joysticks: — If you want one of the best-selling MSX
But the Toshiba HX10 doesn't just they're all compatible with every other computersin Japan, buy aToshiba HX10.
limit itself to that. MSX computer.
It was developed along with other All of which makes MSX the system TOSHIBA MSX
Japanese home computers to operate _ of the future.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE TOSHIBA HX10 CONTACT TOSHIBA (UK) LTD., TOSHIBA HOUSE, FRIMLEY ROAD, FRIMLEY, SURREY GU16 5JJ. TEL: (0276) 681691.
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‘…the best bits from every other home computer…’
The Toshiba HX-10 was first released in the UK in 1984 and was a Zilog Z80-based system with 64KB of RAM that conformed to the MSX specification. Data storage was provided by cassette and cartridge.
The Toshiba HX-10 is featured in the following Nostalgia Nerd video.
Via: Personal Computer World - Volume 8, Issue 1 (January 1985)
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