Editing PC-8800 series (section)

{{Short description|Series of computers sold in Japan by NEC}}
{{Infobox Computer
| image = NEC PC-8801, Sony KV-1311CR and NEC PC-6082A 20160816.jpg
| logo = [[File:PC8800_logo.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| caption = NEC PC-8801
| release date = {{Start date and age|1981|11}}
| type = [[Personal computer]]
| cpu = [[NEC μPD780C-1]]
| CPUspeed = 4&nbsp;MHz and higher
| memory = 64 [[kilobytes]] and higher
| successor = [[PC-9800 series]]
| predecessor = [[PC-8000 series]]
| developer = [[Nippon Electric]] (NEC)
| manufacturer = New Nippon Electric (NEC Home Electronics)
| os = [[BASIC|N-88 BASIC]]
| sound = Internal beeper (and higher)
| display = Text 80 × 25, graphics 160 × 100, 8 colors (and higher)
| graphics = SGP
| power = 100 VAC
}}
[[File:88SRBASIC.png|thumb|Boot screen with one-liner]]
The {{nihongo|'''PC-8800 series'''|PC-8800シリーズ|Pī Shī Hassen Happyaku Shirīzu|lead=yes}}, commonly shortened to '''PC-88''', are a brand of [[Zilog Z80]]-based 8-bit [[home computer]]s released by [[Nippon Electric Company]] (NEC) in 1981 and primarily sold in [[Japan]].

The PC-8800 series sold extremely well and became one of the four major Japanese home computers of the 1980s, along with the [[FM-7|Fujitsu FM-7]], [[X1 (computer)|Sharp X1]] and the [[MSX]] computers. It was later eclipsed by NEC's 16-bit [[PC-9800 series]], although it still maintained strong sales up until the early 1990s.

NEC's American subsidiary, NEC Home Electronics (USA), marketed variations of the PC-8800 in the [[United States]]<ref name="Info World, May 1984">{{cite magazine|date=May 1984|title=New Products|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uS4EAAAAMBAJ&q=pc-8801&pg=PA52|journal=[[InfoWorld]]|page=52|access-date=June 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Creative Computing, Nov 1983">{{cite magazine |title=NEC PC-8800 personal computer system (evaluation) |author-first=David H. |author-last=Ahl |magazine=Creative Computing |date=November 1983 |volume=9 |issue=11 |page=28 |url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n11/28_NEC_PC8800_personal_comp.php |access-date=June 20, 2013}}</ref> and [[Canada]].