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Manufacturer | Sanyo |
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Product family | Sanyo PHC-10, PHC-20 and PHC-25 family |
Type | Home computer |
Release date | 1982 |
Introductory price | ¥69,800 (Japan, 1982) [1] 2200 F inclusive [2] [Notes 1] (France, 1983) £150 [3] [Notes 1] (UK, 1982/83 - Launch cancelled) [4] $199 [5] [6] [Notes 1] (US, 1983 - Launch cancelled) [7] |
Operating system | Sanyo BASIC V1.3 |
CPU | NEC D780C @ 4 MHz (Z80-compatible) [8] |
Memory | 16KB RAM, 6KB VRAM, [9] 24KB ROM [9] |
Display | 16 x 16 / 32 x 16 text; 64 x 48 (8 colors) / 128 x 192 (4 colors) / 256 x 192 (4 colors) graphics |
Graphics | Motorola 6847 |
Sound | Optional (PSG-01 extension) |
Input | Keyboard (65 keys) [8] |
The Sanyo PHC-25 is a home computer released in Japan in 1982 [1] by the electronics company Sanyo. [10] [11] PHC is an acronym for Personal Home Computer. [12]
It is grouped with the lower-end PHC-10 and PHC-20 models [3] [12] which were announced at the same time, [3] and with which it shares the same dimensions [8] and styling.
The PHC-25 came with Sanyo Basic v1.3, an eighty instruction BASIC dialect. [10] A few emulators exist for this system. [13] [14]
The PHC-25 was announced in Japan in mid-1982 with a price of ¥69,800. [1]
The PHC-25 was announced in the French press alongside the PHC-20 and PHC-8000 in late 1982 for a planned launch in November [2] or December to January [15] at a price of 2200 FF. [2]
There were complaints about the lack of software availability for the PHC-25. [16] [17] (In response to one of these, the magazine Votre Ordinateur estimated that there would have been around fifty software cassettes available in France circa early 1984.) [17]
As of January 1984, [Notes 2] Sanyo was still promoting the PHC-25 in France, with "planned extensions" including an 8K RAM expansion and floppy disk drives. [9]
The PHC-28- which launched later that same year- was seen by Votre Ordinateur as a replacement for the PHC-25, noting that its MSX compatibility would be a "guarantee of security for fans of the brand" who had complained about the PHC-25's lack of software. [16]
The PHC-25 was used for some educational courses in France. [18] [19]
It was announced in late 1982 that the PHC-25 would launch in the UK for £150 in January 1983, alongside the PHC-10 and PHC-20. [3]
However, while all three made it as far as being reviewed [20] in Your Computer magazine in October, the same publication later reported that they had "disappeared again in November" [4] and there was no further sign of them on the UK market.
The PHC-25 was presented in the US at the 1983 CES [21] with a planned price of $199. [5] [6] However, Sanyo later decided against selling the PHC-25 there due to cutthroat price competition in the low-end US computer market at the time. [7]
The PHC-25 had the following technical specifications: [10] [22]
The PCH-25 character generator offered a different character set to the default Motorola 6847 character set: [23]
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
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1 | π | ┴ | ┬ | ┤ | ├ | ┼ | │ | ─ | ┌ | ┐ | └ | ┘ | ╳ | |||
2 | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
4 | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
5 | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ^ | _ |
6 | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | |
7 | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | { | | | } | ~ | |
8 | ♠ | ♥ | ♣ | ♦ | ⚪︎ | ⬤ |
Les nouveaux Sanyo seraient arrivés dans le courant du mois de novembre. Ce sont notamment les modèles PHC 20 et 25. [..] Le PHC 25 [..] pour 2 200 FF tte.[The new Sanyo models are expected to arrive during the month of November. These include the PHC 20 and 25 models. [..] The PHC 25 [..] for 2,200 FF all inclusive. (The 20 model is, however, significantly less interesting than the PHC 25...)]
Sanyo will launch three new microcomputers in the UK in January 1983. [..] PHC-25 is the most advanced. It will be priced at £150. [..] PHC-20, to cost around £100 [..] PHC10, planned for £60
Remember Sanyo's enigmatic PHC range which appeared in October 1982 [issue in which PHC-10, 20 and 25 were reviewed] and disappeared again in November?
...on the higher end is the PHC 25 [..] It should be available at the same time as the PHC 20 for $199.95.
Sanyo was showing two prototype units, the PHC 20 for $99 and the PHC 25 for $199.
Another small machine we saw previously at CES is the Sanyo PHC-25. [..] We were told it would not be marketed in the U.S. because of the cutthroat price competition at that end of the market.
La fin de l'année a vu l'arrivée sur le marché de la micro-informatique de nouveaux produits Sanyo. Déjà présentés, ils seront commercialisés en décembre ou au plus tard début janvier 83. Le PHC20 [et] le PHC 25 [et] le PHC 8000 et son module d'extension, le PHC 8010[The end of the year saw the arrival of new Sanyo products on the microcomputer market. Already presented, they will be available in December [1982] or at the latest in early January 1983. The PHC20 [and] the PHC 25 [and] the PHC 8000 and its expansion module, the PHC 8010]
En revanche, surprise chez Sanyo qui relève le « gentil » PHC 25 par un modèle de course à carburateur MSX, le PHC 28. [..] Quant aux logiciels, pas de problème. N'importe quel MSX fera l'affaire, un gage de sécu¬ rité pour les adeptes de la marque, qui s'étaient jus¬ que-là plaints du manque de programmes pour le PHC 25.[...there was a surprise at Sanyo, who replaced the "nice" PHC 25 with a carbureted MSX racing model, the PHC 28. [..] As for software, no problem. Any MSX will do, a guarantee of security for fans of the brand, who had until then complained about the lack of programs for the PHC 25.]
[Reader says] Mais j'aimerais savoir s'il existe vraiment des cassettes pour le PHC. J'ai déjà tout essayé, les adresses de revues, mon vendeur, rien [..Response..] ...lorsque nous annonçons une programmathèque de quarante, cinquante, voire soixante programmes, nous les avons vus, touchés, ou nous nous sommes fait confirmer par plusieurs sources [..] Le nombre de cassettes théoriquement disponibles doit avoisiner maintenant la cinquantaine.[[Reader says] But I would like to know if there really are cassettes for the PHC. I have already tried everything, the addresses of magazines, my seller, nothing [..Response..] ...when we announce a program library of forty, fifty, even sixty programs, we have seen them, touched them, or we have had confirmation from several sources [..] The number of cassettes theoretically available must now be around fifty.]
L'Ecole et la Vie, organisme de formation permanente, assure un stage d'initiation à l'informatique [..] Ces stages se déroulent à Marvejols (Lozère) sur Sanyo PHC 25, TRS 80, M05, Apple Ile[L’Ecole et la Vie, a continuing education organization, provides an introductory computer training course [..] These courses take place in Marvejols (Lozère) [in France] on Sanyo PHC 25, TRS 80, M05, Apple IIe]
[section 'Les stages'] La maison des jeunes et de culture de Pamiers (Ariège) organise un stage d'initiation à l'informatique et d'activités [..] Micro-ordinateurs utilisés : PHC 25 de Sanyo, Apple Ile et Thomson TO7.[[section 'Internships'] The youth and cultural center of Pamiers (Ariège) [in France] is organizing an introductory computer and activities course [..] Microcomputers used: PHC 25 from Sanyo, Apple Ile and Thomson TO7.]
...top of the range [colour-capable] PHC-25 for about £150.