Daewoo DPC-180
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Description
The Daewoo DPC-180 has been manufactured and distributed by Daewoo in Korea. It has the same design as the DPC-100, but comes with 64kB RAM. This model was available in six colors (blue, green, red, silver, white and yellow), silver version is the most widespread.
Advertisements indicate 80kB RAM, which consists of 64kB RAM + 16kB VRAM.
It was priced between the DPC-100 (₩257,000) and the DPC-200 (₩295,000) - It was sold with a demo tape.
The power supply is integrated in the unit.
| Brand | Daewoo |
| Model | DPC-180 |
| Year | 1984 |
| Region | South Korea |
| Launch price | ₩274,000 |
| RAM | 64kB (? in slot 2) |
| VRAM | 16kB |
| Media | MSX cartridges |
| Video | Texas Instruments TMS9918ANL |
| Audio | PSG (AY-3-8910) |
| Chipset | none (separate IC's) |
| Keyboard layout | QWERTY/Korean |
| Extras | Hangul BASIC, demo cassette |
| Emulation | ROMs dumped and emulated. The rear expansion port is treated like a regular MSX cartridge slot. Note: the RAM size is 64kB, not 32kB as it is emulated. |
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Specifications
The DPC-180 is a MSX1 without MSX-Engine. The CPU is a Z80A from Goldstar (GSS Z8400A PS).
Slot Map
| Slot 0 | Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page C000h~FFFFh | Cartridge Slot | RAM | Expansion Bus | ||||
| Page 8000h~BFFFh | Hangul ROM | ||||||
| Page 4000h~7FFFh | Main-ROM | ||||||
| Page 0000h~3FFFh |
- The Hangul ROM is a 8KB ROM - 8000h-9FFFh
Connections
- RF output
- Analog sound & Composite video
- Centronics compatible Parallel port for a printer
- Tape recorder connector
- 2 general connectors (MSX joysticks, mouse, paddle controllers, ...)
- 1 cartridge slot
- 1 expansion bus slot