Yamaha V9958

Yamaha V9958
Yamaha V9958(ceramic package)

The Yamaha V9958 is a Video Display Processor (VDP) used in MSX 80s home computers. More specifically, the MSX2+, MSX turbo R and the "TIM" upgrade to the TI-99/4A.

The Yamaha V9958, also known as MSX-Video, is the successor of the Yamaha V9938. It was clearly conceived not to be a very major upgrade to its predecessor, which hampered its adoption. The main new features are three graphical YJK modes (with up to 19268 colours) and horizontal scrolling registers.

Specifications

Detailed specifications

For detailed specifications, please refer to the Yamaha V9938 page, with the following additions:

MSX-specific terminology

On MSX, the screen modes are often referred to by their assigned number in MSX-Basic. This mapping is as follows:

Basic mode VDP mode MSX system
Screen 0 (width 40) T1 MSX 1
Screen 0 (width 80) T2 MSX 2
Screen 1 G1 MSX 1
Screen 2 G2 MSX 1
Screen 3 MC MSX 1
Screen 4 G3 MSX 2
Screen 5 G4 MSX 2
Screen 6 G5 MSX 2
Screen 7 G6 MSX 2
Screen 8 G7 MSX 2
Screen 10 G7 with YJK and YAE MSX 2+ and tR
Screen 11 G7 with YJK and YAE MSX 2+ and tR
Screen 12 G7 with YJK MSX 2+ and tR
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