PC-9821
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The PC-9821 is the first computer in the PC-9821 series.
The two variants of the original PC-9821 were marketed under the collective name of 98 Multi, with subsequent models also receving similar group names.
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Hardware
A stock PC-9821 builds on ideas seen in the PC-9800 series, or more specifically ideas in use in late 1992, primarily the 80386 variants which prior to the PC-9821's introduction, stood as NEC's high-end consumer computers. At this point it becomes difficult to define "standards" for NEC computers as much of the components were interchangable, though most PC-9821 software was designed with this setup in mind - the inclusion of two 3½-inch floppy disk drives and a CD-ROM drive (features subsequently removed or replaced in future "budget" models).
The PC-9821's defining feature is its graphics; the PC-9821 features a 600x480 (or 600x400) screen with 256 colors, something the PC-9801 models can't do. The the exception is the PC-98GS, which is the predecessor the 98 Multi line.
(It's as if I don't know what I'm typing, and that NEC Retro could really use some more volunteers with a more concrete understanding of what's going on.)
Two variants of the original PC-9821 were released concurrently, the S1 and S2, the latter of which which adds a 40MB harddrive.
Technical specifications
PC-9821 model S1
- Main processor: 80386SX clocked at 20MHz
- Graphics processor: 2x µPD7220
- Graphics: Enhanced Graphic Charger (EGC)
- RAM: 1664KB
- Text VRAM: 12KB
- Graphics VRAM: 512KB
- ROM: 96KB
- Floppy Disk drive(s): 2× 3½-inch 2HD (1MB formatted)[fn 1]
- Sound: PCM, FM
- General Expansion Slot(s): 2 slots
- CD-ROM drive(s): 1x Built in
PC-9821 model S2
- Main processor: 80386SX clocked at 20MHz
- Graphics processor: 2x µPD7220
- Graphics: Enhanced Graphic Charger (EGC)
- RAM: 3712KB
- Text VRAM: 12KB
- Graphics VRAM: 512KB
- ROM: 96KB
- Hard Disk drive(s): 40MB
- Floppy Disk drive(s): 2× 3½-inch 2HD (1MB formatted)[fn 1]
- Sound: PCM, FM
- General Expansion Slot(s): 2 slots
- CD-ROM drive(s): 1x Built in
References
Footnotes
| PC-9821 series hardware |
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| PC-9821 series Desktop hardware |
| 98 MULTi: PC-9821 (1992) | Ce | Ce2 | Cs2 (1993-1994) 98 MULTi CanBe: Cb | Cb2 | Cb3 | Cb10 | Ce | Cb10 | Cf | Ct16 | Ct20 | Cu10 | Cu13(T) | Cu16 | Cx | Cx2 | Cx3 | Cx13 (1994-1997) |
| PC-9821 series Laptop hardware |
| PC-9821 Ts (1993) |
| PC-9821 series Notebook hardware |
| 98 Note: Ne | Np | Ns | Nd | Ne2 | Nf | Nm | Nd2 | Ne3 | Na7(1993-1995) 98 Note Lavie: Nd2 | Ne3 | Na7 | Na9 | Na12 | Nb7 | Na13 | Na13 | Nb10 | Nb10 | Na15 | Nr12 | Nr13 | Nr15 | Nr150 | Nr166 | Nw133 | Nw150 | Nr150 | Nr233 | Nr266 | Nr300 (1995-2000) |
| PC-9821 series Peripherals |
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| stuff |
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