Editing PC-8800 series

{{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]].

==History==
Nippon Electric's Microcomputer Sales Section of the Electronic Device Sales Division launched the [[PC-8001]] in September 1979, and by 1981 it consisted of 40% of the Japanese personal computer market.<ref>{{Cite book|title=パソコン大図鑑 最新・人気パソコン目的別全カタログ|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|year=1981|isbn=4-06-141673-1|pages=30–31|language=ja}}</ref> In April 1981, Nippon Electric decided to expand personal computer lines into three groups: New Nippon Electric, Information Processing Group and Electronic Devices Group, with each specializing in a particular series. The Microcomputer Sales Section was reformed to the Microcomputer and Application Division in June 1980, and was renamed to the Personal Computer Division in April 1981. At that time, Japanese personal computers were mostly used by hobbyists. The division introduced the '''PC-8801''' in November 1981 and intended to expand the personal computer market into the business world.<ref name=":0" />

The '''PC-8801''' was capable of displaying [[Kanji]] characters via an optional Kanji [[Read-only memory|ROM]] board. Various companies released Japanese [[word processor]] software for the machine, such as {{Nihongo|My Letter|マイレター}}, {{Nihongo|Writing|文筆|Bunpitsu}}, and {{Nihongo|2=ユーカラ|3=Yūkara}}. NEC themselves released {{Nihongo|Nihongo Word Processor|日本語ワードプロセッサ}} which was a rebranded version of Yukara, but it was not a success.<ref>{{Cite book|title=パソコン驚異の10年史—その誕生から近未来まで|last1=片貝|first1=孝夫|last2=平川|first2=敬子|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|year=1988|isbn=4-06-132721-6|pages=55–85|language=ja|chapter=日本語ワードプロセッサの歴史}}</ref> In addition to office software, companies like [[Enix]] and [[Koei]] released many popular games for the system, establishing the PC-8801 as a strong gaming platform.<ref name="nishimura_1988">{{Cite book|last=西村|first=正人|title=100万人の謎を解く ザ・PCの系譜|publisher=コンピュータ・ニュース社|year=1988|isbn=4-8061-0316-0|editor-last=コンピュータ・ニュース社|pages=150–153|language=ja|chapter=ゲームの進化とヒット商品の源を探る}}</ref> By November 1983, the '''PC-8801''' had shipped 170,000 units.<ref>{{Cite journal|year=1984|title=ASCII EXPRESS : NEC、パーソナルコンピュータ2機種を発売|journal=[[ASCII (magazine)|ASCII]]|language=ja|publisher=[[ASCII Corporation|ASCII]]|volume=8|issue=1|issn=0287-9506}}</ref> The PC-8801's direct successor, the '''PC-8801mkII''', came with a [[JIS X 0208|JIS level 1 kanji]] font ROM, a smaller case and keyboard, and, in the models 20 and 30, one or two internal 5{{frac|1|4}}-inch 2D [[floppy disk]] drives. This set of PC-8800 computers sold more units than the PC-9800 series at that time.<ref name="salesdata_1988">{{Cite book|title=100万人の謎を解く ザ・PCの系譜|publisher=コンピュータ・ニュース社|year=1988|isbn=4-8061-0316-0|editor-last=コンピュータ・ニュース社|pages=128–129|language=ja|chapter=パソコン機種別シェア変遷}}</ref>

By December 1983, NEC had multiple personal computer lines coming out from different divisions. NEC's Information Processing group had the PC-9800 series, and NEC Home Electronics had the [[PC-6000 series]]. To avoid competing with itself, NEC decided to consolidate their personal computer business into two divisions; the NEC Home Electronics division dealt with the 8-bit home computer line, and the Information Processing group dealt with the 16-bit personal computer line. The Electronic Device Sales division spun off personal computer business into NEC Home Electronics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=日本電気株式会社百年史|author=日本電気社史編纂室|date=2001-12-25|publisher=[[NEC]]|pages=652–660}}</ref>

In March 1985, NEC Home Electronics introduced the '''PC-8801mkIISR''', which had improved graphics and sound capabilities.<ref name="nishimura_1988" /> A cost-reduced version, the '''PC-8801mkIIFR''', shipped 60,000 units for half a year.<ref>{{Cite news|title=日電、8バットパソコン好調—新モデル投入成功。|date=1986-03-10|work=[[Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun]]|publisher=[[Nihon Keizai Shimbun]]|page=5|language=ja}}</ref> Although the PC-9801VM shipments surpassed it,<ref name="salesdata_1988" /> the PC-8800 series was still popular as a Japanese PC game platform until the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite book|title=蘇るPC-9801伝説 永久保存版 第1弾|last=阿部|first=広樹|publisher=[[ASCII Corporation|ASCII]]|year=2004|isbn=4-7561-4419-5|pages=121–125|language=ja|chapter=PC-9801 魂の名作ゲームの旅}}</ref>

==Hardware==

=== Graphics ===
Throughout the lifetime of the PC-8800, there were four different graphics modes. They are as follows:

*N mode: [[PC-8000 series]] compatible graphic mode
*V1 mode: 640&nbsp;×&nbsp;200 8 colors, 640&nbsp;×&nbsp;400 2 colors
*V2 mode:  640&nbsp;×&nbsp;200 8 out of 512 colors, 640&nbsp;×&nbsp;400 2 out of 512 colors
*V3 mode:  640&nbsp;×&nbsp;200: 65536 colors, 640&nbsp;×&nbsp;400: 256 out of 65536 colors, 320&nbsp;×&nbsp;200: 65536 colors, 320&nbsp;×&nbsp; 400: 64 out of 65536 colors

No entry in the PC-8800 series was capable of displaying all four modes.

=== Sound ===
The early computers in the PC-8800 series use a simple internal speaker, like the [[Apple II]] and [[IBM PC]], capable of generating beeps and clicks. Later models added [[Frequency modulation synthesis|FM-synthesis]] chips for much more elaborate audio.

==Software==
Companies that produced exclusive software for the NEC PC-8801 included [[Enix]], [[Square (video game company)|Square]], [[Sega]], [[Nihon Falcom]], [[Bandai]], [[HAL Laboratory]], [[ASCII Corporation|ASCII]], [[Pony Canyon]], [[Technology and Entertainment Software]], [[Wolf Team]], Dempa, Champion Soft, Starcraft, [[Micro Cabin]], PSK, and [[Quest Corporation|Bothtec]]. Certain games produced for the PC-8801 had a shared release with the [[MSX]], such as those produced by [[Game Arts]], [[ELF Corporation]], and [[Konami]]. Many popular series first appeared on the NEC PC-8801, including ''[[Snatcher (video game)|Snatcher]]'', ''[[Thexder]]'', ''[[Dragon Slayer (series)|Dragon Slayer]]'', ''[[RPG Maker]]'', ''[[Sokoban]]'', and ''[[Ys (series)|Ys]]''.

[[Nintendo]] licensed [[Hudson Soft]] to port some of Nintendo's [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Family Computer]] games for the platform, including ''[[Excitebike]]'', ''[[Balloon Fight]]'', ''[[Tennis (1984 video game)|Tennis]]'', ''[[Golf (1984 video game)|Golf]]'', and ''[[Ice Climber]]'', as well as new editions of ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' called ''[[Mario Bros.#Ports and follow-ups|Mario Bros. Special]]'' and ''[[Mario Bros.#Ports and follow-ups|Punch Ball Mario Bros.]]'', a semi-sequel to ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'' titled ''Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū.''

The computer also had its own [[BASIC]] dialect, N88-BASIC.

==Model list==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Release year!!Model name !! Model !! CPU !! RAM !! VRAM !! N mode !! V1 mode !! V2 mode !! V3 mode !! Sound !! [[Atari joystick port|Atari D-sub 9-pin]] I/O port !! FDD !! CD-ROM !! Operating system !! Comment
|-
| style="width:6%" |1981
| colspan="2" |PC-8801
| style="text-align:center"|NEC [[NEC μPD780C|μPD780C-1]] 4&nbsp;MHz
| style="text-align:center"|64&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|Internal beeper like in the IBM PC
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|NEC N-88 BASIC
| style="text-align:center"|4 expansion board slot.
|-
|rowspan="3"|1983
|rowspan="3"|PC-8801mkII
||model&nbsp;10
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|NEC [[NEC μPD780C|μPD780C-1]] 4&nbsp;MHz
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|64&nbsp;KB
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"| Beeper and [[YM2149F]] (optional, through beeper) {{verification_needed|date=July 2018}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|
|-
||model&nbsp;20
| style="text-align:center"| 1× 5.25" 2D
|-
||model&nbsp;30
| style="text-align:center"| 2× 5.25" 2D
|-
|rowspan="8"|1985
|rowspan="3"|PC-8801mkII SR
||model&nbsp;10
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|NEC [[NEC μPD780C|μPD780C-1]] 4&nbsp;MHz
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|64&nbsp;KB
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2203|FM (YM2203)]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|The V2 mode that is necessary to play most PC-88 games is introduced.
With D-sub 9pin Atari joystick port.
|-
||model&nbsp;20
| style="text-align:center"| 1× 5.25" 2D
|-
||model&nbsp;30
| style="text-align:center"| 2× 5.25" 2D
|-
| colspan="2" |PC-8801mkII TR
| style="text-align:center"|NEC [[NEC μPD780C|μPD780C-1]] 4&nbsp;MHz
| style="text-align:center"|64&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2203|FM (YM2203)]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2D
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|
| style="text-align:center"|PC-8801 mkII SR with 300 bit/s modem
|-
|rowspan="3"|PC-8801mkII FR
||model&nbsp;10
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|NEC [[NEC μPD780C|μPD780C-1]] 4&nbsp;MHz
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|64&nbsp;KB
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2203|FM (YM2203)]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|Cost-reduced version of PC-8801mkIISR
|-
||model&nbsp;20
| style="text-align:center"| 1× 5.25" 2D
|-
||model&nbsp;30
| style="text-align:center"| 2× 5.25" 2D
|-
| colspan="2" |PC-8801mkII MR
| style="text-align:center"|NEC [[NEC μPD780C|μPD780C-1]] 4&nbsp;MHz
| style="text-align:center"|192&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2203|FM (YM2203)]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2HD
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|
| style="text-align:center"|FDD 2D->2HD
|-
|rowspan="4"|1986
|rowspan="3"|PC-8801 FH
||model&nbsp;10
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|[[NEC μPD70008]] 8&nbsp;MHz
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|64&nbsp;KB
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2203|FM (YM2203)]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|88FR CPU upgrade.
model30（B）is black color model.
|-
||model&nbsp;20
| style="text-align:center"| 1× 5.25" 2D
|-
||model&nbsp;30
| style="text-align:center"| 2× 5.25" 2D
|-
| colspan="2" |PC-8801 MH
| style="text-align:center"|[[NEC μPD70008]] 8&nbsp;MHz
| style="text-align:center"|192&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2203|FM (YM2203)]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2HD
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|
| style="text-align:center"|88MR CPU upgrade
|-
|rowspan="3"|1987
|colspan="2"|PC-88 VA
| style="text-align:center"|[[NEC μPD9002]] 8&nbsp;MHz
| style="text-align:center"|512&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center"|256&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2203|FM (YM2203)]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2HD
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|
| style="text-align:center"|CPU upgrade (8-bit to 16-bit)
|-
|colspan="2"|PC-8801 FA
| style="text-align:center"|[[NEC μPD70008]] 8&nbsp;MHz
| style="text-align:center"|64&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2608|FM (YM2608)]] [[Stereophonic sound|Stereo]] + [[ADPCM]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2D
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|
| style="text-align:center"|sound card upgrade (88FH + sound board2(Yamaha YM2608))
|-
| colspan="2" |PC-8801 MA
| style="text-align:center"|[[NEC μPD70008]] 8&nbsp;MHz
| style="text-align:center"|192&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2608|FM (YM2608)]] [[Stereophonic sound|Stereo]] + [[ADPCM]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2HD
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|
| style="text-align:center"|sound card upgrade (88MH  + sound board2(Yamaha YM2608))
|-
|rowspan="4"|1988
|colspan="2"|PC-88 VA2
| style="text-align:center"|[[NEC μPD9002]] 8&nbsp;MHz
| style="text-align:center"|512&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center"|256&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2608|FM (YM2608)]] [[Stereophonic sound|Stereo]] + [[ADPCM]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2HD
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|
| style="text-align:center"|
|-
|colspan="2"|PC-88 VA3
| style="text-align:center"|[[NEC μPD9002]] 8&nbsp;MHz
| style="text-align:center"|512&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center"|256&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2608|FM (YM2608)]] [[Stereophonic sound|Stereo]] + [[ADPCM]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2HD / 1× 3.5" 2TD
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|
| style="text-align:center"|add 2TD FDD
|-
|colspan="2"|PC-8801 FE
| style="text-align:center"|[[NEC μPD70008]] 8&nbsp;MHz
| style="text-align:center"|64&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2203|FM (YM2203)]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2D
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|
| style="text-align:center"|TV(NTSC) output (composite video), del external I/O
|-
|colspan="2"|PC-8801 MA2
| style="text-align:center"|[[NEC μPD70008]] 8&nbsp;MHz
| style="text-align:center"|192&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2608|FM (YM2608)]] [[Stereophonic sound|Stereo]] + [[ADPCM]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2HD
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|
| style="text-align:center"|88MA model change
|-
|rowspan="3"|1989
|colspan="2"|PC-8801 FE2
| style="text-align:center"|[[NEC μPD70008]] 8&nbsp;MHz
| style="text-align:center"|64&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2203|FM (YM2203)]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
| style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
| style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2D
| style="text-align:center" {{no}}
| style="text-align:center"|
| style="text-align:center"|88FE model change
|-
|rowspan="2"|PC-8801 MC
||model&nbsp;1
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|[[NEC μPD70008]] 8&nbsp;MHz
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|192&nbsp;KB
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|48&nbsp;KB
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" {{no}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|[[Yamaha YM2608|FM (YM2608)]] [[Stereophonic sound|Stereo]] + [[ADPCM]] [[Monaural|Mono]]
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2HD
|style="text-align:center" {{maybe|Optional}}
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|
|-
||model&nbsp;2
|style="text-align:center"|2× 5.25" 2HD
|style="text-align:center" {{yes}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|title=NEC μPD72070 - Floppy Disk Controller Specification Version 2.0|version=2.0 preliminary|publisher=[[NEC Corporation]]|date=October 1991|url=http://dec8.info/Apple/uPD72070.pdf|access-date=2017-03-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320235834/http://dec8.info/Apple/uPD72070.pdf|archive-date=2017-03-20}} (A [[floppy-disk controller]] supporting 2TD (triple density) diskettes)

==External links==
*[http://www.pc88.gr.jp/va/va-hard.html] ([https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=http://www.pc88.gr.jp/va/va-hard.html&usg=ALkJrhjmQ2J0bqr87rfhTIHRexGUnBmQYg Translated])
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170130113705/http://www.jcec.co.uk/pc88_sys.htm System Information] emulation site for retro Japanese computers
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100417024749/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=398 OLD-COMPUTERS.COM: The Museum: NEC PC-8801]
*[http://www.uvlist.net/platforms/detail/101-NEC+PC8801 NEC PC-8801 info page] popular games, tags and developers at uvlist.net
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OsuuUpDd1g NEC PC-8801 MK II commercial on YouTube]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoVBR_ULuUY NEC PC-8801MA FA commercial on YouTube]
*[http://illusioncity.net/nec-pc-88-series-emulators-tools/ A list of downloadable PC88 emulators]

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