VG-8240

VG instead of NMS

But then, NMS only came with the 8250, 8255, 8245 and 8280. The 8230 and 8235 were both VGs. Of course you were probably joking. Has anyone noticed the subtle underlining of the word "Philips"?

But then, NMS only came with the 8250, 8255, 8245 and 8280. The 8230 and 8235 were both VGs.
And the '40 would be right between the '35 (VG) and the '45 (NMS), so it might as well have been an NMS instead of VG :-)

And the '40 would be right between the '35 (VG) and the '45 (NMS), so it might as well have been an NMS instead of VG :-)

Not necessarily, because the models didn't come out in numerical order: the NMS 8250 and 8255 predate the NMS 8245, and so does the NMS 8280. From the way this machine looks, it predates the VG 8235, since it only has 64K RAM (the picture says 192K, so that must be 64K RAM + 128K VRAM) like the 8230. The VG8235 had 128K RAM. So I think the VG8240 was supposed to be a 8230 with the added feature of superimpose. That makes the VG8235 the last of the VGs.

By the way, I do remember that my NMS 8245 always formatted disks labelling them "VG 8245"...

NMS means New Media Systems, but what means VG ??? Video Game ??? Video Graphics ???

Yep, the 8220 was also an NMS. It appeared after the 8280 but before the 8245. And I have no idea what the meaning of "VG" is...

Sorry for 'bumping' up this old dinosaur post. But this question kept nagging me for the last days.........

I think I might have an probable explanation for the 'VG'.

I've been looking around on the internet. And after finding things like the VG500 I stumbled upon a list of Philips produced machines.
And saw that one of the machines produced before the VG500 and VG800 etc was the Philips Videopac G7000. That Videopac even had a pheripiral named VU-0011. Which was Marketed at both the VG5000 and the Videopac.

So. My guess is that VG is an abreviation of the Videopac G7000. Which was first used for the VG5000 and later on used for MSX too.

I guess it is the way Philips numbered ther products VG-XXXX VU-XXXX VY-XXXX VW-XXXX etc. And of course keeping the product numbering consistend it can also help marketing your products for multiple platforms; SECAM modulator for Videopac and VG5000. Printers for both VG5000 and MSX for example.