Sony Corp, as well as high-flying up there in the Unix workstation market, is also mixing it in the near-forgotten MSX 8-bit home computer market, which uses a version of MS-DOS converted for the Z80: the other week it came out with the HB-F1XV home computer, which conforms to the MSX2+ standard, and an HB1-V1 video digitiser that enables television and video images to be fed into the micro; the computer is $500 and the digitiser is $215; the company also offers a Creative Tool Disk, an F! Synthesiser and a Raku-raku – Easy-Easy – animation program, and a word processor that puts up a 20-line display; it is seen being used for creating business videos and in television production as well as for fun.
