<s>
The	O
Philips	O
P2000T	B-Device
home	O
computer	O
was	O
Philips	O
 '	O
first	O
real	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
home	O
computer	O
market	O
in	O
1980	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
Philips	B-Application
Videopac	I-Application
G7000	I-Application
game	O
system	O
(	O
better	O
known	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
as	O
the	O
Magnavox	B-Application
Odyssey2	I-Application
)	O
which	O
they	O
already	O
sold	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
similar	O
game	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
P2000M	O
version	O
with	O
an	O
additional	O
80-column	O
text	O
card	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
a	O
monochrome	B-Device
monitor	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
P2000	B-Device
systems	O
can	O
be	O
emulated	O
with	O
the	O
MESS	B-Application
software	O
,	O
and	O
since	O
2015	O
they	O
are	O
part	O
of	O
MAME	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
P2000T	B-Device
was	O
a	O
Z80-based	O
home	O
computer	O
that	O
used	O
a	O
Mullard	B-General_Concept
SAA5050	I-General_Concept
teletext	O
display	O
chip	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
video	O
picture	O
and	O
a	O
small	O
Mini-Cassette	O
recorder	O
for	O
42	O
kilobytes	O
of	O
mass	O
storage	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
copied	O
the	O
ROM	B-Protocol
cartridge	I-Protocol
system	O
from	O
their	O
Videopac	B-Application
G7000	I-Application
game	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
these	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
contained	O
Microsoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
teletext	O
video	O
chip	O
permitted	O
a	O
quick	O
entry	O
into	O
the	O
home	O
computer	O
market	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
major	O
weakness	O
of	O
the	O
P2000T	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
unlike	O
later	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
home	O
computer	O
market	O
also	O
supporting	O
a	O
teletext	O
display	O
mode	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
venerable	O
BBC	B-Device
computer	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Oric	O
Atmos	O
,	O
the	O
P2000T	B-Device
did	O
not	O
support	O
a	O
high	B-General_Concept
resolution	I-General_Concept
display	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
P2000T	B-Device
had	O
only	O
limited	O
success	O
,	O
and	O
Philips	O
later	O
replaced	O
it	O
with	O
their	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machine	O
did	O
gain	O
popularity	O
in	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
the	O
areas	O
of	O
science	O
,	O
education	O
,	O
and	O
data	O
communications	O
(	O
videotex	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
P2000M	O
incorporated	O
two	O
5	O
,	O
25-inch	O
floppy	O
disk	O
drives	O
,	O
besides	O
a	O
built-in	O
monochrome	B-Device
screen	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
run	O
CP/M	B-Application
or	O
Microsoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
applications	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	O
P2000T	B-Device
due	O
to	O
the	O
way	O
it	O
handled	O
display	O
of	O
special	O
characters	O
(	O
color	O
,	O
"	O
graphics	O
mode	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
most	O
P2000T	B-Device
games	O
unplayable	O
.	O
</s>
