Yamaha SKW01

Kanji word processor unit

Yamaha SKW01 Kanji Word Processor MSX

1984 (May)
Initially sold for ¥49,800

Expansion card to be mounted in the side slot of Yamaha MSX computers allowing the extension of the basic Katakana and Hiragana character sets already contained in the computer.

3564 characters built in, including level 1 Chinese, to be used with extra software on cartridge that requires full language support.

An even bigger set was available with the updated SKW05 card.

Yamaha SKW01 box
Yamaha SKW01 box
Yamaha SKW01 on MSX Magazine
Yamaha SKW01 on MSX Magazine
Yamaha SKW01 screenshot
Yamaha SKW01 screenshot
Text editor
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