@DarthAzrael 16 November 2022 more from that month

The Sony HiT BiT HB-55 released in 1984 was an early Sony MSX computer (their first I believe) and was fairly typical of computers following the MSX standard. It featured 16 KB of RAM (plus 16 KB of video RAM), included RF video output, composite video output and mono analog sound output. One unique feature of the HB-55 was a battery backed-up SRAM cartridge that could be used for storing data instead of a cassette or disk. It could store a whopping 4 KB of data. Japan was much better at making their computers seem sexy and futuristic. The fact that J-Pop star Seiko Matsuda was used to advertise the HiT BiT probably helped with that first part for Sony. The HB-55 also came in red and grey when computer makers in the U.S. could only even think in various shades of beige. Read more: https://hive.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/sony-hit-bit-hb-55