PC-8000 series
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The PC-8000 series (Japanese: PC-8000シリーズ, Hepburn: Pī-Shī Hassen Shirīzu) is a line of personal computers developed for the Japanese market by NEC. The PC-8001 model was also sold in the United States[5][6] and Canada as the PC-8001A.[7]
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Developer | Nippon Electric |
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Manufacturer | New Nippon Electric[1] |
Type | Home computer |
Release date | 1979; 45 years ago (1979)[1][2] |
Introductory price | 168,000 yen (equivalent to ¥246,603 in 2019) US$1,295 (equivalent to $4,340 in 2023)[3] CA$1,495 (equivalent to $3,876 in 2023) |
Discontinued | January 1983 (1983-01)[4] |
Units sold | 250,000 (PC-8001)[4] |
Operating system | DISK BASIC, CP/M |
CPU | NEC μPD780C-1 (Z80 compatible) @ 4 MHz |
Memory | ROM 24 KB, RAM 16 KB |
Display | Text 80 × 25, Graphics 160 × 100, 8 colors |
Graphics | NEC μPD3301 CRT + μPD8257C (Intel 8257 clone) DMA |
Sound | Beeper |
Power | AC 100 V 50/60 Hz 20 W |
Dimensions | 430(W) × 260(D) × 80(H) mm |
Mass | 4 kg |
Predecessor | COMPO BS/80 |
Successor | NEC PC-6001 NEC PC-8801 |
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Original models of the NEC PC-8001B (or sometimes the NEC PC-8000) were also sold in some European countries like in the UK, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands and in Australia and New Zealand as well.