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== Yamaha Copera ==
In December 1993, [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] released the '''Copera''' in Japan at a price of {{JP¥|35000}}. The Copera is an enhanced variant of the Pico designed for musical education, with additional sound hardware such as an 18-channel Yamaha FM sound chip based on the [[Yamaha YMF262|OPL3]] and a four-channel PCM audio chip, stereo audio output, a microphone input, and two [[MIDI]] ports. It is compatible with all Pico software, as well as dedicated software making use of the enhanced hardware known as 'Mixt Books', which are not compatible with regular Pico hardware.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/weekly-famitsu-no.-250-october-1st-1993|title= ヤマハの音楽知育遊具"コペラ"登場 あれっ、どこかで見たような……!?|magazine=[[Weekly Famitsu]]|publisher=[[ASCII Corporation]]|date=1 October 1993|page=11|lang=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:BeepMD_JP_1994-01.pdf&page=36|title=News & Information|magazine={{ill|Beep! MegaDrive|lt=Beep! MegaDrive|ja|ゲーマガ#BEEP!メガドライブ}}|publisher=[[SB Creative|SoftBank Creative]]|date=January 1994|page=34|lang=ja}}</ref>