Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Expert, made by Gradiente Eletrônica (to date best known as a game console and Hi-Fi equipment company) was the second and last MSX home computer launched in the Brazilian market, in the mid-1980s.It was presented to the public at the 5th International Computing Fair, nicknamed "Informatica '85". The event took place at Anhembi Exhibition Center in the city of São Paulo from September 23 to 29, 1985. At the announcement, the computer was priced 65 ORTN s.Its market release date was 1 December 1985, one week after Epcom's Hotbit, just in time for 1985's Christmas and with a massive media campaign on magazines, newspapers and TV. In the newspapers ads the initial offer price was Cr$4.640.000,00 Brazilian Cruzeiros (BRB), or US$493,62 (USD) by the value at the time.The machine was a clone of the National CF-3000, with a computer case resembling a stereo system, a detached keyboard with a proprietary connector, no caps lock LED and no reset key, although the soft-reset could be achieved by pushing in either of the cartridge slot covers.The Expert XP-800 was followed by the Expert GPC-1 ("Gradiente Personal Computer") in 1987, and by Expert Plus and Expert DD Plus (a system with a built-in 720 KB 3½" disk drive) in 1989. The Expert users waited in vain for an MSX2 machine, but Gradiente never produced it and discontinued the MSX line in 1991."@en }
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- Gradiente_Expert abstract "The Expert, made by Gradiente Eletrônica (to date best known as a game console and Hi-Fi equipment company) was the second and last MSX home computer launched in the Brazilian market, in the mid-1980s.It was presented to the public at the 5th International Computing Fair, nicknamed "Informatica '85". The event took place at Anhembi Exhibition Center in the city of São Paulo from September 23 to 29, 1985. At the announcement, the computer was priced 65 ORTN s.Its market release date was 1 December 1985, one week after Epcom's Hotbit, just in time for 1985's Christmas and with a massive media campaign on magazines, newspapers and TV. In the newspapers ads the initial offer price was Cr$4.640.000,00 Brazilian Cruzeiros (BRB), or US$493,62 (USD) by the value at the time.The machine was a clone of the National CF-3000, with a computer case resembling a stereo system, a detached keyboard with a proprietary connector, no caps lock LED and no reset key, although the soft-reset could be achieved by pushing in either of the cartridge slot covers.The Expert XP-800 was followed by the Expert GPC-1 ("Gradiente Personal Computer") in 1987, and by Expert Plus and Expert DD Plus (a system with a built-in 720 KB 3½" disk drive) in 1989. The Expert users waited in vain for an MSX2 machine, but Gradiente never produced it and discontinued the MSX line in 1991.".