Description

The Sony HB-701FD is the first Hit bit Computer equiped with a built-in floppy disk drive (see HBD-100). This machine was aimed at the Japanese market and available in black on front and pale gray.

The only difference between the HB-701FD and the HB-701 is the drive, which is build in the HB-701FD. Front and back of both machines are exactly the same, with only a little difference on the left front, corresponding to the location of the drive.

The machine has a separate keyboard without numeric keypad. It's a QWERTY Japanese keyboard with ANSI layout for kanas characters. The provided floppy disk contains a sprite animation utility.

Brand	Sony
Type	HB-701FD
Year	1984-11
Region	Japan
Original price	¥148,000
RAM	64kB
VRAM	16kB
Media	MSX cartridges, 1DD floppy disks
Video	Texas Instruments TMS9928ANL
Audio	PSG (YM2149F)
Chipset	none (separate IC's)
Keyboard layout	{{{keylayout}}}
Extras	360kB 3,5" floppy disk drive, firmware (HIT-BIT ART: graphic editor and title editor), software on disk (sprite animation utility), superimposer, volume control, reset button, brightness adjuster for superimposing, remote sensor
Emulation	ROM dump needed. See this thread for details. Also a dump of the provided floppy disk is required.