Philips NMS 8280, unboxing and testing

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Today we talk about this Philips NMS 8280: a vintage computer that I bought back in 2021, when I went away to buy a huge batch of computers!

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The Philips NMS 8280 computer

Il Philips NMS8280 è un computer del 1987, con microprocessore Z80, conforme allo standard MSX2. In effetti, è strano che nel 1987 potessero costruire ancora computer con lo Z80, un processore 8 bit, quando c'erano processori come il Motorola 68000, che veniva utilizzato ad esempio negli Amiga, ed era a 16 bit o a 32 bit (dipendentemente dalla versione del processore 68000). Oppure, addirittura, l'Intel 386, che era già sul mercato già da un paio d'annetti.

However, this computer had its own reason to exist, as it was mainly used as a video editor and titler.

In the lot I purchased there is the computer, keyboard, mouse, some manuals and software.

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Features of the Philips NMS 8280

Il computer Philips NMS 8280 è dotato 256 KB di RAM (di cui 128 KB disponibili per l'utente e 128 KB di memoria video) e 64 KB di ROM.

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The graphics have a depth of 512 colors and a resolution of up to 512 x 212 pixels. The model I have in my collection has two built-in 3.5-inch floppy disk drives.

Posteriormente, il computer si presenta con un numero di porte audio/video superiore ai computer tradizionali. Infatti, sono presenti anche gli ingressi audio/video per la digitalizzazione dell'immagine e per la sovraimpressione dei titoli.

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Computer test

In the video, I try to turn on the computer. It works very well, really. I also tried to write a simple program in BASIC.

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Despite this, I encountered some difficulties in using the software. A Video Graphics floppy disk is not read from either drive on your computer. Other software works correctly. For example, in the video I try to boot the OperaSoft desk system, which runs under MSX DOS.

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Also, with little success, I try to draw with Designer Plus, a drawing software that I absolutely do not know how to use!

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Quello che mi stupisce positivamente del Philips NMS8280 è la velocità di caricamento dei software. Basta cliccare sull'icona corrispondente ed il software viene caricato in pochi istanti!

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