Not compatible with any other machines, it offered VG5000 BASIC (derived from Microsoft BASIC-80) as the operating system upon boot, with Logo available on cartridge.[10][11]
Graphic ability was limited to a semigraphic symbol display, with the equivalent resolution of 320 x 250 pixels in 8 colors.[12][13]
It had some hardware compatibility with the Philips VG 8000, such as power supply connectors, cassette player interface and cartridges. [14]
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Aimed at schools,[15] it was unsuccessful and production ended in 1986.[16] 300 000 units were sold in 1984 according to an internal Philips report, with 500 000 predicted for 1985.[13] There are about forty games available for the system.[17][18][19][20]
Boot screen with VG5000 BASICZilog Z80A[38] processor running at 4MHz
RAM: 24KB, including 16KB of system memory (expandable to 48KB) and 8KB of dedicated memory for the video processor[13]
ROM: 18KB,[13] including 16KB containing the VG5000 BASIC (derived from Microsoft BASIC-80)[10] and 2KB of character bitmaps built into the video processor
