Philips NMS 8245

The NMS (New Media Systems) branding reflected Philips' efforts to market the machine with a focus on multimedia, contrary to the previous VG (Video Game) series machines .^[5][1] This was reinforced by offering the machine with three software discs: MSX-DOS 1, Ease (a multilingual office suite) and Designer Plus (a drawing program).^[3]

The Philips NMS 8245 features a black and silver plastic casing with an integrated keyboard, similar to the VG-8235. A double sided 3.5-inch disk drive was mounted on the right side of the computer, with no external connection for drives.^[1]

Three versions were produced:^[2]

• NMS 8245/00 for the Dutch and Belgian markets, with QWERTY keyboard;
• NMS 8245/16 for the Spanish market, with QWERTY keyboard with a ñ key;
• NMS 8245/19 for the French market, with AZERTY keyboard.

It was also sold in Italy as the Phonola NMS 8245.^[3] There is a version adapted for home banking, used by Italian banks and at the Milan Stock Exchange.^[3][6]

The NMS 8245 has the following technical specifications:^[1][2][4]

• CPU: Zilog Z80A running at 3.55 MHz^[1]Service manual of the NMS 8245
• RAM: 128 KB^[1][2]
• VRAM: 128 KB^[1][2]
• Storage: internal a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive (720 KB)^[1][2]
• Ports: Printer port, two joystick ports, DIN-8 cassette port, DIN-8 composite monitor out, SCART RGB monitor out, RF TV out and cartridge connector^[2]
• Graphics: Yamaha V9938 (graphics modes with resolutions up to 512x212 pixels and up to 16 colors displayed simultaneously from a palette of 512 colors)^[2]
• Sound: Yamaha S3527, capable of producing 3 channels of sound.^[2]
• Operating System: MSX-DOS v 1.0, MSX BASIC v 2.1 and MSX Disk BASIC v 1.0^[1][4]