Editing MSX (section)

==Localization==
By default, MSX machines have a [[hardcoded]] [[character set]] and keyboard scan code handling [[algorithm]]. While MSX has full application software compatibility at the [[firmware]] (BIOS) level, due to minor hardware differences, replacement of the BIOS with another from a different computer may return incorrect scan code translations and result in incorrect behaviour of the keyboard subsystem for the application software.

In 2011, AGE Labs introduced Language Pack firmware, aiming to make each model support several localizations.  In [[#2011_Revival|AGE Labs' GR8BIT kit]], the Language Pack is installed by default in place of the [[Kanji]]-ROM.  It allows changing the character set and keyboard layout of the machine at startup between Japanese, Russian, International and Portuguese locales. It also gives the ability to change locales during machine operation using the newly introduced <code>LANG</code> command in BASIC.<ref name="language-pack">{{Cite book |last=Brychkov |first=Eugeny |url=http://www.gr8bit.ru/GR8BIT-Knowledge-Base/GR8BIT-KB0004-Using-GR8BIT-Language-Pack-and-PS2-Keyboard.pdf |title=KB0004: Using GR8BIT Language Pack and PS2 Keyboard |publisher=AGE Labs |year=2012 |access-date=December 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054359/http://www.gr8bit.ru/GR8BIT-Knowledge-Base/GR8BIT-KB0004-Using-GR8BIT-Language-Pack-and-PS2-Keyboard.pdf |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The selected locale setting is stored into the unused [[Real-time clock|RTC]] [[Non-volatile random-access memory|NVRAM]] memory space.