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title: NEC PC 6001
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Home Computer
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origins:
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- Japan
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years:
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- '1981'
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cpus:
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- PD 780c-1
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params:
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name: PC 6001
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image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pc6001.jpg
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company: /companies/nec
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company_name: NEC
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: PC 6001
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: NEC
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- label: TYPE
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value: Home Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Japan
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- label: YEAR
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value: November 1981
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: Microsoft N60 Basic
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Chicklet keyboard, 71 keys, JIS standard layout
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- label: CPU
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value: PD 780c-1 (compatible with Z80)
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- label: SPEED
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value: 3.8 MHz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: M5C6847P-1 video generator (MC6847 compatible)
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- label: RAM
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value: 16 KB (up to 32 KB)
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- label: VRAM
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value: Unknown
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- label: ROM
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value: 16 KB (Basic) + 4 KB (character ROM)
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 32 x 16
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 256 x 192 / 256 x 128 / 128 x 192 / 128 x 128 / 64 x 48
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- label: COLORS
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value: monochrome (256 x 192) / 2 (128 x 192) / 9 (64 x 48)
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- label: SOUND
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value: three channels, 8 octaves (General Instruments AY-3-8910)
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: Unknown
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Tape (600 / 1200 baud), RGB, Centronics, Joystick (2), ROM/RAM cartridges, Audio
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: Unknown
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- label: PRICE
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value: Unknown
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tabs:
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- photos
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- adverts
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- hardware
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- software
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- emulators
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forum_thread: 187
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photos:
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- title: PC-6001
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pc6001_extension.jpg
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- title: 'PC-6001 #2'
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pc6001_3.jpg
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- title: PC-6001A "NEC-TREK"
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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This improved version of the 6001 was marketed in the USA as the "NEC Trek" computer.\
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Some versions were bundled with joysticks, thermal printer, cassette recorder, monitor, disk drive, "expander," and some other goodies for $350.
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image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pc6001a_system_s1.jpg
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- title: REAR
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pc6001_rear.jpg
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- title: KEYBOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pc6001_keyboard_1.jpg
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- title: LEATHER COVER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pc6001_leather-cover_1.jpg
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- title: BASIC CART & RAM EXPANSION
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pc6001_docs-et-carts.jpg
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- title: THE BOX
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pc6001_2.jpg
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adverts:
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- title: NICE AD (1983)
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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As computing was a serious and professional subject, the humorus adverts was rare in 1983.\
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This one said:
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When I told my Dad about NEC TREK, NEC's new personal computer, he wanted one right away.
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I told him it has 10 programmable function keys; high powered graphic capabilities, powerful Microsoft BASIC included, and a 8-octave programmable musical tone generator.
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He said it has lot of 'fun games'.
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I told him how its memory storage can interface with cassette diskette or cartridge, and how it has a wide variety of of sophisticated software available - important things like financial management package...
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He just challenged me to a game of Protector.
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That's my Dad. I love him, but sometimes I wish he could understand how a kid feels.
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image: /media/museum/pubs/nec_pc6001_pub_1.jpg
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hardware:
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- title: PC-6006
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subtitle: RAM expansion
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_pc6001_ram-rom_cart.jpg
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- title: PC-6006
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subtitle: inside
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_pc6001_6006-inside.jpg
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- title: SERIAL RS232 EXPANSION
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_pc6001_rs232_600.jpg
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- title: SPEECH SYNTESIZER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_pc6001_synthe_vocal_600.jpg
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- title: JOYSTICK
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/joystick_600.jpg
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- title: DUAL 5.25'' FLOPPY DRIVES UNIT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_pc6001_disk_600.jpg
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- title: VIDEO RECORDER INTERFACE
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_pc6001_scope_600.jpg
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- title: GRAPHIC PAD
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_pc6001_tablette_600.jpg
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- title: DOT-MATRIX PRINTER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/printer_600.jpg
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- title: 4-COLOUR PRINTER-PLOTTER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_pc6001_tracante2_600.jpg
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- title: THERMAL PRINTER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_pc6001_tracante_600.jpg
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screenshots:
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- title: BOOT SCREEN
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/nec_pc6001_boot.jpg
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emulators:
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- title: PC6001v
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url: http://yumitaro.pobox.ne.jp/P6/index.html
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platform: MS DOS
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text: Japanese emulator
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- title: IP6WIN
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url: http://www02.so-net.ne.jp/~m-moriya/
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platform: Windows
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text: Japanese emulator
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- title: Virtual NEC Trek
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url: http://www.geocities.com/emucompboy/
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platform: Windows
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text: An emulator for the NEC Trek (aka NEC PC-6001A) by James the Animal Tamer!
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oc_id: 177
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230605044139/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=177
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date: '2023-06-05'
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The NEC PC 6001 is the first member of the great NEC PC family. During the 80's and the beginning of the 90's, the big Japanese electronics companies launched several series of computers, they were very powerful and had great features (some of them were costly options or totally non-existent on European or American computers at the time), the [FM series from Fujitsu](/museum/fujitsu-fm-7/), the [JR series from Matsushita](/museum/matsushita-national-jr-100/) (Panasonic), the [Pasopia from Toshiba](/museum/toshiba-pasopia/), the [Basic Master from Hitachi](/museum/hitachi-mb-6885-basic-master-jr/), the [X1](/museum/sharp-x1-cz-800c/) and [X680x0 series](/museum/sharp-x68000/) from Sharp and all the [MSX computers](/museum/msx-1/) are good examples of this.
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The NEC PC series was among them, they had a really great success and the later models of this family are still use today.
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The NEC PC-6001 also had an American version, called the **NEC TREK**, or the **NEC PC-6001A**. Its ROMs are different from its Japanese progenitor.
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