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NEC PC 9801 E	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	1983	8086-2	name image company company_name specs tabs links comments oc_id source PC 9801 E /media/museum/photos/pc9801e.jpg /companies/nec NEC label value NAME PC 9801 E label value MANUFACTURER NEC label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1983 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE N88-Basic label value KEYBOARD Complete full-stroke keyboard with function keys, numeric keypad, editing keys label value CPU 8086-2 label value SPEED 5 / 8 MHz (selectable) label value RAM 128 KB (up to 640 KB) label value VRAM 12 KB (text), 192 KB (video) label value ROM 256 KB (N88-Basic + Kanji) label value TEXT MODES 80 x 24 label value GRAPHIC MODES 640 x 400 / 640 x 200 label value COLORS 8 colors label value SOUND Beeper label value I/O PORTS Floppy Disk Drive, RS-232C, Printer, C-bus slot x 6 label value BUILT IN MEDIA Two external 8'' (or 5.25''?) floppy drives (optional) label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU label value PRICE 215,000 Yens (Japan, 1983) links title url text Intro to NEC PC-9800 World http://euc.jp/articles/pc9800.en.html Good introduction to the PC-98xx world! title url text Model lists for the FM towns, PC-9801/PC-9821, X68000, & MSX http://www.risingstuff.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=1366 A wealth of information on the PC-98 series and each model can be found here at Rising Stuff: author date text Scott Scholz (United States) Sunday 3rd July 2022 They could use both. Later ones came with the 5.25", but could use the PC-8882A 8" drive. Even had an option board for MS-DOS /1.2 Windows, if I remember correctly. author date text Carelle Minkton (Somewhere) Thursday 21st May 2009 They have external 8 inch drives not 5 inches. 403 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230605030000/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=403 2023-06-05

The PC-9801E belongs to the famous NEC PC-98xx family. This is not an IBM PC compatible system. Its architecture is original.

Unlike the PC-9801F, the PC-9801 has no built-in disk drives.

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