Philips VG 8000#Philips VG 8010

{{Short description|Home computer}}

File:Philips VG 8000-00 MSX computer (RetroMadrid 2017).jpg

File:Phonola VG-8000 MSX computer (RetroMadrid 2017).jpg

The Philips VG-8000, released in 1983, was the first Philips MSX computer, although it was not 100% compliant with the standard (as it lacked a Centronics printer port, expansion bus, or audio out, and had a custom video out).{{Cite web |title=Philips VG-8000 |url=https://www.homecomputermuseum.nl/en/collectie/philips/philips-vg-8000/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=HomeComputerMuseum |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=VG 8000 / 8010 Philips |url=https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=300 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www.old-computers.com}}{{Cite web |title=Philips VG 8000 |url=http://www.silicium.org/oldskool/msx/vg8000.htm |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www.silicium.org}}{{Cite web |title=Philips - VG 8000 |url=https://www.system-cfg.com/detailcollection.php?ident=149 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www.system-cfg.com}}{{Cite web |title=Philips VG-8000 |url=http://www.8bit-homecomputermuseum.at/computer/philips_vg_8000.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www.8bit-homecomputermuseum.at}}{{Cite book |last=Philips |url=http://archive.org/details/philipsvg8010sm |title=Philips VG8000/VG8010 Service Manual (GB) |date=1984}}{{Cite web |last=Valoroso |first=Amedeo |date=2023-01-13 |title=How to build an audio/video cable for MSX Philips VG 8000 VG 8010 VG 8020 |url=https://www.valoroso.it/costruire-cavo-audio-video-msx-philips-vg-8000-vg-8010-vg-8020/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Amedeo Valoroso |language=en}}

The VG-8000 was built in France, at Le Mans by Radiotechnique.{{Cite web |title=Philips VG-8010 |url=https://www.obsolete-tears.com/philips-vg-8010-machine-195.html |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=www.obsolete-tears.com}} It was released in Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Italy (as the Phonola VG-8000).{{Cite web |last=Amor |first=Jose Antonio Ortigueira |date=2020-05-17 |title=Retro Ordenadores Orty: Philips VG-8000 (versión VG 8000/00) (1984) |url=https://retroordenadoresorty.blogspot.com/2019/12/philips-vg-8000-version-vg-800000-1984.html |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Retro Ordenadores Orty}}{{Cite web |title=Phonola VG-8000 |url=https://msx.org/wiki/Phonola_VG-8000 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=MSX.org |language=en-US}}

The computer had a poor chiclet type keyboard, with two cartridge ports above it. The keyboard layout was qwerty or azerty, according to the market the computer was sold. It had five double function keys ({{Key press|F1}} to {{Key press|F10}}) on top, and four arrow keys on the right. There were three color LEDs: Power (red), Caps (orange) and Code (green).

There were three versions of this machine:

• VG-8000/00, with qwerty keyboard and PAL composite video output;
• VG-8000/19, with azerty keyboard and RGB video output (planned but never released according to service manual);
• VG-8000/20, with qwerty keyboard and RGB video output.

The machine was expensive and not successful.File:Philips VG-8010.jpg