Philips :YES

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Philips :YES
Type Personal computer
Release date1985
Operating system DOS Plus, MS-DOS, Concurrent DOS
CPU Intel 80186 @ 8 MHz
Memory128 KiB to 640 KiB
Removable storage Two 3½-inch 720 KB floppy disc drives. Optional: external 3½-inch or 5¼-inch floppy disc drives
DisplayText; 160×252 16 colours; 320×252 16 colours; 640×252 4 colours; 640×252 2 colours + intensity;
GraphicsHD46505SP

The Philips :YES was a home computer/personal computer released by Philips Austria, in 1985. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] It was not fully IBM PC compatible, [4] [9] a reason given for its commercial failure. The system was only sold in limited quantities.

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Technical specifications

The built-in graphics hardware (based on the Hitachi HD46505SP video controller [16] [17] ) supported composite video output. An additional video module allowed output to TTL monochrome monitors, colour monitors or SCART televisions. [18]

Video RAM was shared with system RAM. Before using graphics modes, memory had to be allocated for them with the GRAPHICS or GRCHAR commands. [18]

An expansion card (the Professional Expansion Board) provided: [19]

An additional expansion card was available in limited quantity (probably only sold in the Netherlands directly to Philips employees) to make it 100% IBM PC compatible. This card was made of two separate cards, one for the actual compatibility, which ended in an 8 bit ISA slot, where an Hercules Graphics Card monochrome video card was plugged in. This also meant that using this card, would require to plug the monitor into the new video card, bypassing the onboard graphical card. This expansion card made it possible to run all DOS programs (including popular games at that time).

Operating system versions

Known operating systems adapted for the Philips :YES include:

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "World Digest - Vienna". Computerworld. September 23, 1985. p. 34.
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  11. ↑ YES Philips Personal Computer - User Guide. Philips. 1985. p. 7-1.
  12. ↑ YES Philips Personal Computer - Getting Started. Philips. 1985. p. C-1.
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  17. ↑ HD46505RP datasheet (PDF). Hitachi.
  18. 1 2 YES Philips Personal Computer - User Guide. Philips. 1985. p. 5-1.
  19. ↑ YES Philips Personal Computer - Getting Started. Philips. 1985. pp. 1–7.
  20. ↑ YES Philips Personal Computer - User Guide. Philips. 1985. p. 8-1.
  21. ↑ Yes product management (1985), README file for :YES Release 2 - DOS Plus 1.1 maintenance version (README.DOS file on maintenance disk), Philips Austria, This file contains additional information on the use of DOS Plus 1.1 on the :YES Rel 1 and :YES Rel 2.


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