Editing NEC PC-100 (section)

{{Short description|Japanese home computer from 1983}}
{{redirect|PC-100|the RAM standard|PC100}}
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| developer     = [[NEC]], [[ASCII Corporation|ASCII]], Cybernet Kogyo
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| type          = [[Home computer]]
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| releasedate   = {{Start date and age|1983|10|13}}<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ui4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22NEC+PC-100%22&pg=PA67 The Industry:Japan on 16K a day], By Alexander Besher, InfoWorld, 28 May 1984, Page 67, ''...Modeled blatantly after the Lisa, the NEC PC-100 was the star introduction at Tokyo's Japan Data Show last October...''</ref>
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| memory        = 128 KB RAM (expandable to 768 KB RAM), 32 KB ROM
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| display       = 14-inch color [[cathode-ray tube|CRT]] (PC-KC651)(Rotatable monitor)<ref>[http://davy.nyacom.net/pc100crt.html NEC PC-100 Color Video Pinout]</ref>
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The [[NEC Corporation|NEC]] '''PC-100''' was a Japanese [[home computer]] available on October 13, 1983. It operated on [[Intel 8086|8086]] CPU 7 MHz, 128 KB [[random-access memory|RAM]], 128 KB [[VRAM]], a Japanese language capable keyboard and a two-button [[Computer mouse|mouse]]. It had three models and its color monitor, ''PC-KD651'', which could either be used vertically or horizontally, had a price tag of [[Japanese yen|¥]]198,000. Its biggest advantage over many other computers of its time was its high graphical resolution of 720 x 512 pixels, with a selection of 16 colors out of a total palette of 512 colors on its high end ''model30''. Its OS was [[MS-DOS]] and was also equipped with a [[spreadsheet]] program ''Maruchipuran'' ([[Multiplan]]) and a text editor ''[[Ichitaro (word processor)|JS-WORD]]'' as well as the game [[Lode Runner]].

The development was operated by NEC Electronic Device Business Group, [[ASCII Corporation|ASCII]]  ([[Microsoft]] dealer in Japan) and Cybernet Kogyo, a subsidiary of [[Kyocera]].<ref name="tomita_1995">{{Cite book|url=https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000055/card365.html|title=パソコン創世記|last=富田|first=倫生|publisher=ボイジャー|year=1995|language=Japanese|access-date=2019-03-11|via=[[Aozora Bunko]]}}</ref>

Far ahead of its time and too costly, PC-100 did not sell well. A complete set with the printer PC-PR201 that could print alphabet, [[hiragana]], [[katakana]] and [[kanji]], came to nearly ¥1 million. For comparison, the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Family Computer]] released in July of the same year was only ¥14,800 and the vaunted [[Apple Lisa 2]] sold for ¥2.2 million. The cheaper [[PC-9800 series|PC-9801F2]] also by NEC outsold it. 

* model10 (¥398,000) - a 5-inch 2D (360 KB) floppy disk drive
* model20 (¥448,000) - two 5-inch 2D floppy disk drives
* model30 (¥558,000) - two 5-inch 2D floppy disk drives