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NEC PC 8801 FA	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	Z80 compatible	name image company company_name specs tabs hardware connectors emulators links comments related oc_id source PC 8801 FA /media/museum/photos/nec_pc8801fa_1.jpg /companies/nec NEC label value NAME PC 8801 FA label value MANUFACTURER NEC label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR Unknown label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE N88 BASIC label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke 103 keys separate numeric keypad, function and arrow keys label value CPU Z80 compatible (mPD70008AC) label value SPEED 4 or 8 MHz label value RAM 64 KB label value ROM 128K (BASIC / MONITOR) + 512 KB (Chineese characters) label value TEXT MODES 80 x 25 / 80 x 20 / 40 x 25 / 40 x 20 label value GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 200 / 640 x 400 label value COLORS 8 from a 512 colours palette label value SOUND YM2608 (6 ch FM + 3 ch PSG + 6 PCM (rhythm) +1 ch 4 bit ADPCM label value SIZE / WEIGHT 38.5 (W) x 34.3 (D) x 11 (H) cm. label value I/O PORTS Parallel printer, Mouse, RGB monitor, Serial label value BUILT IN MEDIA 2 x 5.25'' disk-drives label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in Power Supply Unit label value PERIPHERALS 1 expansion slot label value PRICE 168,000 YEN 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 Nyxt (United Kingdom) Saturday 23rd July 2022 It was released in 1987. /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-fe /museum/nec-pc-88va 399 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230605033326/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=399 2023-06-05

The Nec PC-8801FA replaced the PC-88FH.

This machine had really powerful sound functions. 6 FM channels could be separated into left and right. User could thus enjoy stereo sound through headphones or external speakers.

ADPCM could change sound's frequency dynamically. 256 KB of RAM were provided as sound memory buffer. It was larger than main memory.

N88 BASIC offered extended function for controlling these sound features, but not enough. Some of them couldn't be used with BASIC.

The PC-8801FA met a great success in japanese market.

Thanks to Nomura Hisayuki for this information

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