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PC-9801 E

Manufacturer: NEC

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1983-11	¥215,000215,000

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The PC-9801 E

Hardware

The PC-9801 E is essentially a cost-reduced PC-9801 F, with the floppy disk drives and JIS level 1 kanji support taken out. This means, other than the faster processor, the E is more akin to the original 1982 PC-9801, in which the user would have to purchase extra peripherals to get the most out of the machine.

While it was suggested that the PC-9801 E was to be connected to external 8-inch floppy disk drives (like the original PC-9801), in practise the 5¼-inch floppy disks of the PC-9801 F became the de facto standard, and so Es were typically turned into Fs. As such, the PC-9801 E is not thought to have its own software library.

Technical specifications

List of games

References

PC-9800 series hardware
PC-9800 series Desktop hardware
PC-9801 (1982) \| PC-9801 F (E) (1983) \| M (1984) V30 Computers: U \| VF \| VM (21) \| UV (21) \| CV (1985-1988) 286 Computers: VX \| UX \| RX \| EX \| DX \| UR \| UF (1986-1991) 386 Computers: RA \| RS \| ES \| DA \| DS \| CS \| FS \| FX \| US (1988-1992) 486+ Computers: FA \| BX \| BA \| BX2 \| BS2 \| BA2 \| BA3 \| BX3 \| BX4 \| BX4-P (1993-1995) Other: DO \| DO+ \| GS (1989-1990)
PC-9800 series Laptop hardware
V30 Computers: PC-9801 LV (1988) 286 Computers: PC-9801 LX (1989) 386 Computers: PC-9801 LS (1988) \| PC-9801 T (1990-1991) V50 Computers(9801 Incompatible): PC-98LT (1986) \| PC-98HA (1993) Other: PC-9801 P (1993)
PC-9800 series Notebook hardware
V30 Computers: PC-9801 N (1989) V30HL(286) Computers: PC-9801 NV (1990-1991) \| PC-9801 NL/(R)(A) (1992-1994) 386 Computers: PC-9801 NC (1991) \| PC-9801 NS/(E)(T)(L)(R)(A) (1990-1994) 486 Computers: PC-9801 NA/(C) (1992) \| PC-9801 NX/C (1993)
PC-9800 series Workstation hardware
286 Computers: PC-98XA (1985) \| PC-98XL (1986) 386 Computers: PC-98XL² (1987) \| PC-98RL (1990)
PC-9800 series Peripherals
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 ==Hardware==
-The PC-9801 E is essentially a cost-reduced [[PC-9801 F]], with the floppy disk drives and JIS level 1 kanji support taken out. This means, other than the faster processor, the E is more akin to the original 1982 [[PC-9801]], in which the user would have to purchase extra peripherals to get the most out of the machine (although in doing so, the machine could be brought up to the same capabilities of an F).
+The PC-9801 E is essentially a cost-reduced [[PC-9801 F]], with the floppy disk drives and JIS level 1 kanji support taken out. This means, other than the faster processor, the E is more akin to the original 1982 [[PC-9801]], in which the user would have to purchase extra peripherals to get the most out of the machine.
+While it was suggested that the PC-9801 E was to be connected to external 8-inch floppy disk drives (like the original PC-9801), in practise the 5¼-inch floppy disks of the PC-9801 F became the de facto standard, and so Es were typically turned into Fs. As such, the PC-9801 E is not thought to have its own software library.
 ===Technical specifications===