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NEC PC 8801 FE	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	1988	Z-80 compatible	name company company_name specs tabs photos hardware connectors emulators links comments related oc_id source PC 8801 FE /companies/nec NEC label value NAME PC 8801 FE label value MANUFACTURER NEC label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR ? 1988 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard with separated numeric keypad label value CPU Z-80 compatible label value SPEED 8 MHz / 4 MHz label value RAM 64 KB label value VRAM 48 KB label value ROM 128 KB (N88-BASIC, system ROM) + 256 KB (Chineese characters) label value TEXT MODES 80x25 / 80x20 / 40x25 / 40x20 label value GRAPHIC MODES 640x400 / 640x200 label value COLORS 512 available / 8 on-screen label value SOUND 3 FM channels, 3 PSG channels label value SIZE / WEIGHT 354 (W) x 343 (D) x 90 (H) / 9 Kg label value I/O PORTS Analog RGB video output, Composite video output, Printer, Mouse, Serial interface label value BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 5.25'' disk-drives (DD, 320 KB) label value POWER SUPPLY Power supply built-in, AC 100v, Max. 42W label value PRICE 12,900 yen (Japan, 1988) photos hardware connectors emulators links title subtitle text image PC 8801 FE null title subtitle text image FRONT null title subtitle text image REAR null 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. null title subtitle text image COMPOSITE VIDEO DIN PLUG **(1)** VDD 12V\ **(2)** GND\ **(3)** Video Out\ **(4)** NC\ **(5)** Light pen null 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 null 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 mattos (brazil) Saturday 20th March 2004 Do you have the manual of this computer? ore some other paper? thanks /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-88va 400 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230207191246/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=400 2023-02-07

As for the PC-88xx series, a lot of versions were released. In 1988, PC-98xx were already sold for hobby users. 8-bit machines were about to become history. The PC-8801FE was positioned as a low-cost entry machine but it did not succeed in the market.

This machine did not have expansion slot, nor N88-BASIC disks (only disk-utilities were included), in order to reduce cost. But it had video-output and superimpose feature to enjoy games on a television. This was the sole new feature.

However, Televisions were already hijacked by Nintendo and RGB monitors were already available for PC-9801. There was no place left for the PC-8801FE.

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Thanks to Nomura Hisayuki for the info

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