Description

Computer

The Sony HB-501F was sold only in France - see HB-501 series for the technical details

Official price: 1990 FF

Software

The provided English software on tape is the same as the built-in firmware on HB-101P and HB-201P.

It has 6 options: Address, Schedule, Memo, Transfer (replaced by Copy when a HBI-55 cartridge is present), BASIC + DATA CARTRIGE (only if HBI-55 present), BASIC.

To skip this menu, press CTRL-SHIFT-CODE-GRAPH at startup, then enter SCREEN 0.

The BASIC + DATA CARTRIGE option allows to save little BASIC programs on the data cartridge and to load / run them from this cartridge, with the commands SAVE"CAT:" and LOAD"CAT:".

By comparison with the HB-55P and HB-75P machines, the software has been improved to support the addition of a disk drive. Besides, from MSX-BASIC, you can go back to the Personal Databank with CALL HITBIT or _HITBIT.