PC-9800 series

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The PC-9800 series (PC-9800シリーズ) is a range of computers manufactured between October 1982 and 200x by NEC.

Starting with the PC-9801, the PC-9800 series became one of the dominant brands of home computers in Japan throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s. It was one of the second "big three", competing against the Sharp X68000 and FM Towns.

PC-9800 computers started along the same lines as older machines by NEC, conforming to a bespoke standard which NEC hoped to capitalise on. Under pressure from IBM PC compatibles, particularly in the early 1990s, it was forced to open up to compete, though its proprietary standards ultimately gave way to the cheaper and more versitile nature of what had been set in motion by IBM and Microsoft.

When the series was forced to work with Microsoft to create a PC-9800 compatible version of Windows 95 (then 98, then 2000), it effectively became redundant, and NEC, like its peers in the computing industry began work on PC compatibles instead. In 1997 the firm released the PC compatible PC-98NX which in turn had revisions and successors - these are not covered by NEC Retro, as while compatibility layers were created for traditional PC-9800 software, they effectively stand as IBM PCs with NEC branding, as opposed to bespoke NEC hardware.

As a significantly more popular standard than prior attempts, the PC-9800 series branched into servers (the H98 series) and laptops (the 9821 series), among other things.

Computers

Name	Date	Price	Processor	Clock Speed	RAM	Built-in Hard Drive	Built-in 5¼ " FDD	Built-in 3½ " FDD	Built-in CD-ROM	Video Modes
PC-9801	1982-10		8086	5MHz	128kB	No	No	No	No	xx
PC-9801 F	1983-10		8086-2	5/8MHz	xx	10MB	1x DD	No	No	xx
PC-9801 E	1983-11		8086-2	5/8MHz	xx	No	No	No	No	xx
PC-9801 M	1984-11		8086-2	5/8MHz	xx	xx	2x HD	No	No	xx
PC-9801 U	1985-05		V30	8MHz	128kB	xx	No	2x DD	No	xx
PC-9801 VF	1985-07		V30	8MHz	256kB	xx	2x DD	No	No	xx
PC-9801 VM0	1985-07		V30	10MHz	384kB	xx	<	xx	No	xx
PC-9801 VM2	1985-07		V30	10MHz	384kB	xx	<	xx	No	xx
PC-9801 VM4	1985-07		V30	10MHz	384kB	20MB	<	xx	No	xx
PC-9801 UV	1986-05		V30	10MHz	384kB	xx	xx	<	No	xx
PC-9801 VX0	1986-10		80286 / V30	8MHz / 10MHz	640kB		<		No	xx
PC-9801 VX4	1986-10		80286 / V30	8MHz / 10MHz	640kB	20MB	<		No	xx
PC-9801 VM21	1986-11		V30	10MHz	640kB	xx	<	xx	No	xx
PC-9801 VX01	1987-06		80286 / V30	10MHz / 10MHz			<		No	xx
PC-9801 VX41	1987-06		80286 / V30	10MHz / 10MHz	xx	20MB	<		No	xx
PC-9801 UV21	1987-07		V30	10MHz	640kB	xx		<	No	xx
PC-9801 CV	1987-07		V30			xx		<	No	xx
PC-9801 UX	1987-10		80286 / V30	10MHz / 8MHz			<		No	xx
PC-9801 UX41	1987-10		80286 / V30	10MHz / 8MHz	xx	20MB	<		No	xx
PC-9801 RA2	1988-07		80386 / V30	16MHz / 8MHz			<		No	xx
PC-9801 RA5	1988-07		80386 / V30	16MHz / 8MHz	xx	40MB	<		No	xx
PC-9801 RX4	1988-09		80286 / V30	12MHz / 8MHz	xx	20MB	<		No	xx
PC-9801 VM11	1988-11		V30	10MHz	640kB	xx	<	xx	No	xx
PC-9801 UV11	1988-11		V30	10MHz	640kB	xx		<	No	xx
PC-9801 EX	1989-04		80286 / V30	12MHz / 8MHz		xx		<	No	xx
PC-9801 EX4	1989-04		80286 / V30	12MHz / 8MHz	xx	20MB	xx	<	No	xx
PC-9801 EX5	1989-04		80286 / V30	12MHz / 8MHz	xx	40MB	xx	<	No	xx
PC-9801 ES	1989-04		80386SX / V30	16MHz / 8MHz		xx		<	No	xx
PC-9801 RA21	1989-10		80386DX / V30	20MHz / 8MHz		xx	<		No	xx
PC-9801 RA51	1989-10		80386DX / V30	20MHz / 8MHz		40MB	<		No	xx
PC-9801 RS	1989-10		80386SX / V30	16MHz / 8MHz		xx	<		No	xx
PC-9801 RS51	1989-10		80386SX / V30	16MHz / 8MHz		40MB	<		No	xx
PC-9801 RX	1989-10		80286 / V30	12MHz / 8MHz	xx		<		No	xx
PC-9801 RX51	1989-10		80286 / V30	12MHz / 8MHz	xx	40MB	<		No	xx
PC-9801 DA	1990-11			MHz	xx		<		No	xx
PC-9801 DA/U	1990-11			MHz	xx			<	No	xx
PC-9801 DS	1990-11			MHz	xx		<		No	xx
PC-9801 DS/U	1990-11			MHz	xx			<	No	xx
PC-9801 DX	1990-11			MHz	xx		<		No	xx
PC-9801 DX/U	1990-11			MHz	xx			<	No	xx
PC-9801 UR	1991-02		V30HL	16MHz	xx			<	No	xx
PC-9801 UF	1991-02		V30HL	16MHz	xx			<	No	xx
PC-9801 CS	1991-10		80386	16MHz	xx			<	No	xx
PC-9801 FA	1992-01		i486SX		xx		<		No	xx
PC-9801 FA/U	1992-01		i486SX		xx			<	No	xx
PC-9801 FS	1992-05		80386SX	20MHz	xx		<		No	xx
PC-9801 FS/U	1992-05		80386SX	20MHz	xx			<	No	xx
PC-9801 FX	1992-05		80286	12MHz	xx		<		No	xx
PC-9801 FX/U	1992-05		80286	12MHz	xx			<	No	xx
PC-9801 US	1992-07		80386SX	16MHz	xx				No	xx
PC-9801 BA/U2	1993-01				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BA/U7	1993-01				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BA/M2	1993-01				<				No	xx
PC-9801 BX/U2	1993-01				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BX/U7	1993-01				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BX/M2	1993-01				<				No	xx
PC-9801 BA2/U2	1993-11				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BA2/U7	1993-11				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BA2/M2	1993-11				<				No	xx
PC-9801 BS2/U2	1993-11				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BS2/U7	1993-11				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BS2/M2	1993-11				<				No	xx
PC-9801 BX2/U2	1993-11				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BX2/U7	1993-11				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BX2/M2	1993-11				<				No	xx
PC-9801 BA2/U2	1995-01				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BA2/U2/W	1995-01				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BS2/U2	1995-01				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BX3/U2	1995-01				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BX3/U2/W	1995-01				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BX4/U2	1995-07				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BX4/U2/P	1995-07				xx	<			No	xx
PC-9801 BX4/U2/C	1995-07				xx	<			No	xx