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The PC-8801 is a Zilog Z80 -based home computer that was mainly distributed in Japan by Nippon Electric Company (NEC) in the 1980s , where it became very popular. The PC-8801 is often referred to as PC-88 for short . NEC's American subsidiary NEC Home Electronics (USA) brought some variants of the PC-8801 onto the market in the USA .

Model list

Publishing year Model name model CPU R.A.M. VRAM N mode V1 mode V2 mode V3 mode Sound Atari D-subminiature | D-sub 9pin I / O port Floppy disk drive CD-ROM drive annotation
1981 PC-8801 NEC NEC µPD780 4 MHz 64 KB 48 KB Yes Yes No No Internal beeper like in the IBM PCs or in the original Sinclair Spectrum. No None No
1983 PC-8801mkII model10 NEC NEC µPD780 4 MHz 64 KB 48 KB Yes Yes No No Internal beeper No None No
model20 5.25 "2D x1
model30 5.25 "2D x2
1985 PC-8801mkII SR model10 NEC NEC µPD780 4 MHz 64 KB 48 KB Yes Yes Yes No Yamaha YM2203 Mono Yes None No The V2 mode, which is necessary to play most of the games developed for the PC-88, is introduced.
model20 5.25 "2D x1
model30 5.25 "2D x2
PC-8801mkII TR NEC NEC µPD780 4 MHz 64 KB 48 KB Yes Yes Yes No Yamaha YM2203 Mono Yes 5.25 "2D x2 No The PC-8801 mkII SR had a 300 bit / s modem
PC-8801mkII FR model10 NEC NEC µPD780 4 MHz 64 KB 48 KB No Yes Yes No Yamaha YM2203 Mono Yes None No cost-saving version of the PC-8801mkIISR
model20 5.25 "2D x1
model30 5.25 "2D x2
PC-8801mkII MR NEC NEC µPD780 4 MHz 192 KB 48 KB No Yes Yes No Yamaha YM2203 Mono Yes 5.25 "2HD x2 No FDD 2D-> 2HD
1986 PC-8801 FH model10 NEC µPD70008 8 MHz 64 KB 48 KB No Yes Yes No Yamaha YM2203 Mono Yes None No 88FR CPU upgrade
model20 5.25 "2D x1
model30 5.25 "2D x2
PC-8801 MH NEC µPD70008 8 MHz 192 KB 48 KB No Yes Yes No Yamaha YM2203 Mono Yes 5.25 "2HD x2 No 88MR CPU upgrade
1987 PC-88 VA NEC V50 (µPD9002) 8 MHz 512 KB 256 KB No Yes Yes Yes Yamaha YM2203 Mono Yes 5.25 "2HD x2 No CPU upgrade (8bit-> 16bit)
PC-8801 FA NEC µPD70008 8 MHz 64 KB 48 KB No Yes Yes No Yamaha YM2608 Stereo + ADPCM Mono Yes 5.25 "2D x2 No Sound card upgrade (88FH + sound board2 (Yamaha YM2608))
PC-8801 MA NEC µPD70008 8 MHz 192 KB 48 KB No Yes Yes No Yamaha YM2608 Stereo + ADPCM Mono Yes 5.25 "2HD x2 No Sound card upgrade (88FH + sound board2 (Yamaha YM2608))
1988 PC-88 VA2 NEC V50 (µPD9002) 8 MHz 512 KB 256 KB No Yes Yes Yes Yamaha YM2608 Stereo + ADPCM Mono Yes 5.25 "2HD x2 No
PC-88 VA3 NEC V50 (µPD9002) 8 MHz 512 KB 256 KB No Yes Yes Yes Yamaha YM2608 Stereo + ADPCM Mono Yes 5.25 "2HD x2 / 3.5" 2TD x1 No 2TD FDD was added
PC-8801 FE NEC µPD70008 8 MHz 64 KB 48 KB No Yes Yes No Yamaha YM2203 Mono Yes 5.25 "2D x2 No TV (NTSC) Ouput (Composit Video) added, External I / O removed
PC-8801 MA2 NEC µPD70008 8 MHz 192 KB 48 KB No Yes Yes No Yamaha YM2608 Stereo + ADPCM Mono Yes 5.25 "2HD x2 No 88MA model change
1989 PC-8801 FE2 NEC µPD70008 8 MHz 64 KB 48 KB No Yes Yes No Yamaha YM2203 Mono Yes 5.25 "2D x2 No 88FE model change
PC-8801 MC model1 NEC µPD70008 8 MHz 192 KB 48 KB No Yes Yes No Yamaha YM2608 Stereo + ADPCM Mono Yes 5.25 "2HD x2 (Optional)
model2 5.25 "2HD x2 Yes

hardware

At that time the PC-8801SR (V2-mode) had a high graphic resolution , but could only display 8 of 512 colors at the same time. The 640 × 400 resolution could only be used in monochrome. Its sound capabilities were also advanced compared to other home computers at the time.

  • N mode: PC-8000 series compatible graphics mode
  • V1 mode: 640 × 200: 8 colors, 640 × 400: 2 colors
  • V2 mode: 640 × 200: 8 out of 512 colors, 640 × 400: 2 out of 512 colors
  • V3 mode: 640 × 200: 65536 colors, 640 × 400: 256 out of 65536 colors, 320 × 200: 65536 colors, 320 × 400: 64 out of 65536 colors
  • PC-8801 / PC8801mkII
  • PC-8801mkIISR / TR / FR / MR
    • CPU : NEC PD780C-1 (Z80A compatible)
    • Resolutions : (SR / TR) (N mode / V1 mode / V2 mode) or (FR / MR) (V1 mode / V2 mode)
    • RAM : 40 + 8 + 24 = 72  KB ROM , 64 + 48 + 4 = 116 KB RAM (MR = 244 KB)
    • Sound: Beep + YM2203 (3 FM channels, 3 SSG) mono
  • PC-8801FH / MH / FE / FE2
    • CPU : µPD70008 (Z80H-compatible)
    • Resolutions : (V1 mode / V2 mode)
    • RAM : 40 + 8 + 24 = 72  KB ROM , 64 + 48 + 4 = 116 KB RAM (MH = 244 KB)
    • Sound: Beep + YM2203 (3 FM channels, 3 SSG) mono

Modes

N88 BASIC mode

The home computer had its own interpreter for the BASIC dialect called N88-BASIC . It could be started in the aforementioned N88-BASIC mode, CP / M or MS-DOS mode and also had a switch which allowed the PC-8801 to be started in a PC-8001-compatible mode (the PC-8001 was the predecessor of the PC-8801).

software

The companies that exclusively developed software for the NEC PC-8801 included Enix , Square , Sega , Nihon Falcom, Bandai , HAL Laboratory , ASCII , Pony Canyon, Technology and Entertainment Software, Wolf Team, Dempa, Champion Soft, Starcraft, Micro Cabin, PSK, and Bothtec. Some games for the PC-8801 have also been produced for the MSX , e.g. B. Games from Game Arts , ELF Corporation and Konami . Many popular series of games first appeared on the NEC PC-8801, notably Snatcher , Thexder , Dragon Slayer , RPG Maker , and Ys .

Nintendo granted Hudson Soft the license to port some of Nintendo's Famicom games to the NEC PC-8801 platform, including Excitebike , Balloon Fight , Tennis , Donkey Kong 3 , Golf , and Ice Climber , as well as two new editions of Mario Bros. , the Mario Special Bros. and Punch ball Mario Bros. were called. In addition, a specially designed for the NEC PC-8801 platform Edition was Super Mario Bros. develops and markets the Super Mario Bros. Special was called.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Products . In: Info World . May 1984, p. 52. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ NEC PC-8800 personal computer system. (Evaluation) . In: Creative Computing . 9, No. 11, November 1983, p. 28. Retrieved September 28, 2014.