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[[File:PC6000 set.jpg|right|400px]]{{sub-stub}}<section begin=intro />The '''PC-6000 series''' (PC-6000シリーズ) is a range of computers manufactured between November 1981 and 198x by [[NEC]]. 

The PC-6000 series began with the launch of the [[PC-6001]], being offered as a cheaper alternative to NEC's more high-end [[PC-8800 series]] which debuted around the same period, and in some ways replacing the [[PC-8000 series]] which had debuted some years before. Throughout its lifespan, this line was marketed as the entry level option for NEC computers - the PC-8800 series occupying a middle ground and the [[PC-9800 series]] being offered as high-end machines, neither set of machines being compatible with the others.<section end=intro />

Faced with increased competition and lower advances in technologies, by the middle of the 1980s the PC-8800 series was effectively relegated to the ground the PC-6000 series had once occupied, becoming the NEC computer of choice for hobbiests and those on a tight budget. The PC-6000 series, meanwhile, was rendered obsolete, with software developers and publishers refusing to commit to the platform. While more successful than NEC's PC-8000 line, the PC-6000 line was nowhere near as popular as the 8800 and 9800 machines.

In 1985 the line had something of a resurgence with the [[PC-6600 series]], whose technical specifications derive from the [[PC-6001 mkII]]. PC-6600 computers are backwards compatible with PC-6000 software, but 6600 machines include a 3½-inch floppy disk drive as standard, a format unavailable to PC-6000 series users.

==Computers==
*[[PC-6001]]
*[[PC-6001 mkII]]
*[[PC-6001 mkII SR]]
*[[NEC TREK]]

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