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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
NEC PC 88VA	Computers	Professional Computer	Japan	1987	PD9002	name image company company_name specs tabs hardware connectors emulators links comments related oc_id source PC 88VA /media/museum/photos/nec_pc8801va_1.jpg /companies/nec NEC label value NAME PC 88VA label value MANUFACTURER NEC label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1987 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard with numeric keypad and arrow keys label value CPU PD9002 (Nec V30 Compatible) label value SPEED 8 MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR PD780 C (Disk controler) label value RAM 512 KB label value VRAM 256 KB label value ROM 480 KB (+288 KB dictionary) label value TEXT MODES 80 columns x 25 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 200, 640 x 400, 320 x 200, 320 x 400 label value COLORS 256 to 65535 label value SOUND 3 FM channels + SSG label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value I/O PORTS Unknown label value BUILT IN MEDIA Two 5.25'' disk-drives label value OS MS DOS label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit label value PERIPHERALS Unknown label value PRICE Unknown hardware connectors emulators links title subtitle text image DUAL 5.25'' FLOPPY DISCS UNIT Dual 5.25" Double-side, double-density 320 KB floppy drive unit.\ The unit uses the 8255 parallel interface. It can be also used with PC-8001/mkII, PC-8801 Series, PC-9801/E/F/M etc. /media/museum/hardware/nec_pc8001mk2sr_fdunit-s1.jpg title subtitle text image COMPOSITE VIDEO DIN PLUG **(1)** VDD 12V\ **(2)** GND\ **(3)** Video Out\ **(4)** NC\ **(5)** Light pen /media/museum/connectors/nec_pc8001_compositeplug_1.jpg title subtitle text image RGB VIDEO DIN PLUG **(1)** VDD 12V\ **(2)** GND\ **(3)** Color clock\ **(4)** H-SYNC\ **(5)** V-SYNC\ **(6)** R\ **(7)** G\ **(8)** B /media/museum/connectors/nec_pc8001_rgbplug_1.jpg title url platform text M88 emulator http://retropc.net/cisc/m88/ Windows Japanese emulator title url platform text PC88 Emulator http://home.highway.ne.jp/soltin/pc88win.html Windows Japanese emulator title url platform text QUASI88 http://www.117.ne.jp/~show/pc8801/pc88emu2.html Multiplatform Multiplatform emulator title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com author date text JAMES (Ireland) Saturday 30th May 2020 Yes this model of the PC88 series did get a port of the arcade hit R-TYPE and for the time it was probably one of the best home computer ports out their with full colour and FM stereo sound it was comparable to the Arcade. author date text JAMES (Ireland) Saturday 30th May 2020 Yes this model of the PC88 series did get a port of the arcade hit R-TYPE and for the time it was probably one of the best home computer ports out their with full colour and FM stereo sound it was comparable to the Arcade. /museum/nec-pc-8001 /museum/nec-pc-8001-mk-2 /museum/nec-pc-8001-mk-2-sr /museum/nec-pc-8801 /museum/nec-pc-8801-fa /museum/nec-pc-8801-fe 401 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230608074423/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=401 2023-06-08

The PC-88VA was compatible with the PC-8801 and also had a V3 mode that operated in 16bit mode and allowed to run MS-DOS like OS.

This machine had sprites for games in character mode. High quality games such as R-TYPE were released using this mode.

Unfortunately this machine had no success and was replaced by the PC-88VA2/VA3 series in 1988.

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Thanks to Yoshiki Yasui for the information

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