Philips Computers


Philips Telecommunicatie en Informatie Systemen was a subsidiary of Philips that designed and manufactured personal computers. Philips Computers was active from 1963 through 1992. Before that, Philips produced three computers between 1953 and 1956, all for internal use, PETER, STEVIN, and PASCAL.
Philips Computers was mostly known for its pioneer work in optical devices. Philips computers were also sold under the Magnavox brand in North America. Two instances of Philips Computers products sold under other brands are known to date.
Philips computers were coupled with Philips monitors. Philips had far more success selling its monitors than its computers. Philips monitors continue being designed, produced and sold globally contemporaneously. Philips also had and has moderate success selling peripherals such as mice, keyboards and optical devices. Philips also sold and sells computer media such as diskettes and optical media s.
Philips also developed the CD-i standard but it flopped. Another experimental product was the Philips :YES, based on Intel's 80186. It also flopped.
Philips PCs were mostly equipped with motherboards designed by Philips Home Electronics in Montreal, Canada.
In the late 1990s Philips Pentium PCs were sold based on generic components and cases. These were not proprietarily designed and produced.
Philips had a subsidiary that sold the PCs under the Vendex brand: HeadStart. These systems were actively marketed in certain markets through Vendex. These systems were on display in the now defunct warehouse chain Vroom & Dreesmann in the Netherlands. Some HeadStart PCs were manufactured in South Korea by Samsung and monitors by Daewoo.
In the 2000s Philips briefly introduced a handheld PC: the Velo.

Products

P 20 series
P 21 series
  • Philips P 2120
P 22 series
  • Philips P 2230
P 31 series
  • Philips P 3100
  • Philips P 3102
  • Philips P 3103
  • Philips P 3105
  • Philips P 3120
P 32 series
  • Philips P 3202
  • Philips P 3204
  • Philips P 3230
  • Philips P 3238
  • Philips P 3239
P 33 series
  • Philips P 3302
  • Philips P 3345
  • Philips P 3348
  • Philips P 3355
  • Philips P 3360
  • Philips P 3361
  • Philips P 3370
  • Philips P 3371
P 34 series
  • Philips P 3460
  • Philips P 3464
  • Philips P 3470
  • Philips P 3471

[MSX] compatible

Philips supported the MSX standard, and released many MSX1 and MSX2 computers, with different hardware and expansions like monitors, printers and mice. They also introduced the MSX-AUDIO standard to the MSX with the NMS-1205 Music Module, and video editing with the NMS-8280.

MSX2 compatible

NMS series

  • Philips NMS 9100 8088
  • Philips NMS 9100 AT 80286
  • Philips NMS 9105 8088
  • Philips NMS 9110 8088
  • Philips NMS 9111 8088
  • Philips NMS 9115 8088
  • Philips NMS 9116 8088
  • Philips NMS TC 100 8088

PCD series (with [CD-ROM])

  • Philips PCD 102
  • Philips PCD 103
  • Philips PCD 200
  • Philips PCD 203
  • Philips PCD 204
  • Philips PCD 304
  • Philips PCD 308
  • Philips PCD 318

PCL series ([notebook computer]s)

  • Philips PCL 101
  • Philips PCL 203
  • Philips PCL 304
  • Philips PCL 320

Magnavox

  • Magnavox M16034GY System 160
  • Magnavox M1101GY System 110
  • Magnavox M38044GY System 380
  • Magnavox M58044GY System 580SX
  • Magnavox Headstart 286
  • Magnavox Headstart 300
  • Magnavox Headstart 300 CD
  • Magnavox Headstart 500
  • Magnavox Headstart 500 CD
  • Magnavox Headstart 386 SX
  • Magnavox Headstart 386 SX-16
  • Magnavox Headstart 386 SX/20
  • Magnavox Headstart 386/33
  • Magnavox Headstart 486 SX
  • Magnavox Headstart 486 DX
  • Magnavox Magnum GL
  • Magnavox Magnum SX
  • Magnavox MaxStation 286
  • Magnavox MaxStation 386-SX
  • Magnavox MaxStation 386SX/16
  • Magnavox MaxStation 380
  • Magnavox MaxStation 480
  • Magnavox Metalis SX/16
  • Magnavox Metalis SX/20
  • Magnavox Professional 386 SX-20
  • Magnavox Professional 386 DX-33

Third Parties

  • Wang LE 150
  • Argent Technologies 286
  • Argent Technologies 386 SX
  • Argent Technologies 386 DX
  • Argent Technologies 486 DX 33
  • Argent Technologies 486 MT

Vendex HeadStart

  • HeadStart Turbo 888 XT, 8088 desktop.
  • HeadStart Explorer, 8088 Amiga 500 style.
  • HeadStart Plus, 8088 desktop.
  • HeadStart LX-40, 8088 desktop.
  • HeadStart LX-CD, 8088 desktop with CD-ROM.
  • HeadStart II, 8088 desktop.
  • HeadStart III, 286 desktop.
  • HeadStart III CD, 286 desktop with CD-ROM.
  • HeadStart Pro, 286 & 386.

Monitors – Magnavox / Philips

These monitors were sold / shipped with Magnavox / Philips PCs:
  • 20CM64: 20" VGA color CRT
  • 3CM9809: 14" VGA color CRT
  • 7BM623: 12" TTL CRT
  • 7BM749: 14" VGA monochrome CRT
  • 7CM321: 14" VGA color CRT
  • 8CM643: 12" TTL CRT
  • 9CM053: 14" CGA/EGA color CRT
  • 9CM062: 14" VGA color CRT
  • 9CM073: 14" CGA/EGA color CRT
  • 9CM082: 14" VGA color CRT
  • BM7622: 12" TTL CRT
  • CM2080: 14" color CRT for Macintosh
  • CM2089: 14" VGA color CRT
  • CM2099: 14" VGA color CRT
  • CM4015: 15" VGA color CRT
  • CM4017: 17" VGA color CRT
  • CM8502: 12" TTL CRT
  • CM8552: 12" TTL CRT
  • CM8762: 12" TTL CRT
  • CM8833: 12" TTL CRT
  • CM9032: 14" VGA color CRT
  • CM9043: 12" TTL CRT

Monitors – Vendex

These monitors were sold / shipped with Vendex PCs:
  • M-888-C: CGA CRT: shipped with the HeadStart LX-40.
  • M-888-VC: VGA color CRT: shipped with the HeadStart III
  • M-888-MV: VGA monochrome CRT: shipped with the HeadStart III
  • M-1031-CVGA: VGA CRT color: shipped with the HeadStart III

Peripherals

  • Philips P 2813 keyboard: shipped with PCs with 8088 through 386 processors
  • Philips P 2814 keyboard: shipped with PCs with 286 and up processors
  • Philips serial mouse, FCC ID FSU4VVGMZAS: shipped with PCs with 8088 through 386 processors
  • Philips NMS 1140 mouse: shipped with MSX systems
  • Philips NMS 1445 mouse: shipped with PCs with 8088 processors