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NEC PC 6601

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ìPD780C-1

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PC 6601

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NAME	PC 6601

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MANUFACTURER	NEC

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TYPE	Home Computer

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ORIGIN	Japan

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YEAR	1985

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BUILT IN LANGUAGE	N66 Basic + machine language monitor

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KEYBOARD	Full-stroke keyboard, JIS standard layout, 5 function keys

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CPU	ìPD780C-1 (Z80A compatible)

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SPEED	4 Mhz

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CO-PROCESSOR	ìPD8049 (8 Mhz)

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RAM	64 KB + 1KB (loppy disk interface)

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VRAM	50 KB ?

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ROM	32 KB (Basic + machine language monitor) + 32 KB (chinese characters) + 16 KB (voice data) + 16 KB

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TEXT MODES	40 x 20

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GRAPHIC MODES	80 x 40 (15 colors), 160 x 200 (15 colors), 320 x 200 (4 colors)

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COLORS	15

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SOUND	3 voices, 8 octaves (AY-3-8910)\ optional speech synthesizer

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SIZE / WEIGHT	365 (W) ×380 (D) ×113 (H) mm / 4.5 Kg

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I/O PORTS	Tape interface (600/1200 baud), RGB video output, composite video output, RF TV output, parallel interface, optional RS-232c interface

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BUILT IN MEDIA	One or two 3.5'' floppy disk drive (SS/DD 143 KB)

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POWER SUPPLY	PSU built-in

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PERIPHERALS	Grpahics tablet, speech synthesizer

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PRICE	143 000 yen (Japan, 1985)

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PC-6601			/media/museum/photos/nec_pc6601_monitor.jpg

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REAR			/media/museum/photos/nec_pc6601_rear.jpg

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JAPANESE ADVERT (1985)		Thanks to [Pugly's web site](http://www.pugly.juice.or.jp/pugly/oldpc/) for this picture.	/media/museum/pubs/nec_pc6601_pub.jpg

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Toragiku's Museum	http://my.reset.jp/~toragiku/kopa/6601.htm	Our info comes from this page. More interesting pictures there!

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230606195003/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=395	2023-06-06

The PC-6601 is basicaly a PC-6001 MK2 with a built-in 3.5'' disk drive. The second optional disk drive could also be mounted. The N60m Basic od the PC-6001 MK2 has been enhanced to the N66 Basic.

The japanese adverts focused on the fact that this computer could sing with its optional speech synthesizer!

More info badly needed!

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