[1] It was the business-targeted model of the Spectravideo range, sporting a compact full-travel keyboard with numeric keypad.

[4] Spectravideo's MSX-compliant successor to the 328, the SV-728, looks almost identical,[5] the only immediately noticeable differences being a larger cartridge slot in the central position (to fit MSX standard cartridges), lighter shaded keyboard and the MSX badging.

Reference to the operating system Microsoft Extended BASIC is not to be confused with MSX BASIC, although some marketing at the time claimed that Microsoft Extended is what MSX stood for.

[6] The standard ports of a SV-318 / SV-328 support only a few peripherals such as the SV-903 tape drive, a CVBS monitor (or external RF modulator for TV), and two joysticks.

However the Super Expander edge connector offered more options:[5]