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PC-8001

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PC-8001
Manufacturer: NEC
Release Date RRP Code
PC-8001
JP 		¥168,000168,000

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The PC-8001 is a home microcomputer released by NEC in 1979. It was the company's first attempt at producing a fully assembled computer, following the relative success of the TK-80 earlier in the decade, and the first machine in the PC-8000 series of hardware.

While not the first (non-kit) Japanese home computer to go on sale (having been beaten to market by both the Basic Master by Hitachi and the MZ-80K by Sharp in 1978), it was a more successful machine than both in its home market, and, being priced significantly lower than imported machines from Apple and Commodore, started would what be NEC's dominance in the Japanese computer market.

Hardware

In its default configuration, the PC-8001 cannot display "graphics", just text characters from a pre-defined set in one of eight colours. As such, software written for the system had to be inventive; it was only with the release of third-party add-ons, most notably the PCG 8100, which allowed for more complex visuals. The successors to the PC-8001, the PC-8001 mkII and PC-8001 mkII SR would introduce dedicated graphics modes which were more suitable for use cases such as video games.

Technical specifications

List of games

References


PC-8000 series hardware
PC-8001 (1979) | PC-8001 mkII (1983) | PC-8001 mkII SR (1985)
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