Mini IQ-3000
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Description
The Mini IQ-3000 is a computer created by a team in Korea. It was never commercially released, and only 30 or so units were created. The system is based on the design of the One Chip MSX, but with a scanline generator added.
Unlike the previous Zemmix Neo project the team did, this has a built-in keyboard, but lacks a VGA output.
The IQ-3000 name is a homage to the IQ-1000 and IQ-2000 series of MSX computers from Daewoo.
| Brand | Retroteam Neo |
| Model | Mini IQ-3000 |
| Year | 2014 |
| Region | South Korea |
| Launch price | |
| RAM | 4MB in slot 3-0 |
| VRAM | 128kB |
| Media | SD Card, MSX Cartridges |
| Video | Emulated V9958 by the FPGA |
| Audio | Emulated PSG, MSX-MUSIC and SCC by the FPGA |
| Chipset | Altera Cyclone EP1C12Q240C8N FPGA chip |
| Keyboard layout | QWERTY |
| Extras | FPGA, reset switch, Scanline generator, can run at 8MHz, , Kanji-ROM level 1, MSX-MUSIC BASIC, Kanji BASIC, X-BASIC, MSX-DOS2 with FAT16 support, MEGA-SCSI compatible support for SD card as primary drive |
| Emulation | not applicable |
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Specifications
Slot Map
| Slot | Slot | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-0 | 0‑1 | 0-2 | 0-3 | Slot 1 | Slot 2 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 3-3* | ||||
| Page C000h~FFFFh | Cartridge Slot 1 | Cartridge Slot 2 | 4MB Memory Mapper | ||||||||||
| Page 8000h~BFFFh | |||||||||||||
| Page 4000h~7FFFh | Main-ROM | Kanji driver | MSX-Music | BASIC Kun | Disk ROM | ||||||||
| Page 0000h~3FFFh | Sub-ROM | ||||||||||||
(*) Slot 3-3 contains the IPL rom whose function is to launch the hardware-emulated MSX2+ computer
- The Disk ROM is combined with MSX-DOS 2.31 (special version for Mega-SD), it's a 64kB ROM with a specific mapper.
Connections
- S-Video mini-DIN
- RCA/CINCH Composite Video connector
- RCA/CINCH Stereo Audio connectors
- 2 general connectors (joysticks, mouse, paddle controllers, ...)
- 1 MSX cartridge slot
- 1 50-pin Expansion slot
- SD card slot
- external power connector
Note: No printer port!