Casio Computer Co. grew from the Kashio family’s post-war engineering business into a major Japanese maker of calculators, watches, musical instruments and electronic products. During the early personal-computer era it applied that expertise to systems ranging from handheld BASIC machines to desktop computers.
Casio’s computer range included the ambitious FP-1100, the portable FP-200 and a succession of compact MSX machines such as the PV-7, PV-16 and MX series. These systems reflected Casio’s talent for packaging useful computing in affordable, unusually small forms.