PC-8001 PC-8000 Series

advert in ascii june 1979. dramatic story computer begin. personal computer comes out nec.

the first member of pc-8000 series, pc-8001 first introduced on may 9, 1979, , went on sale september 1979 ¥168,000. design combined keyboard , mainboard single unit. @ time when micro-computers sold semi-kits requiring end user assembly, assembled pc-8001 rarity in market. peripherals included printer, cassette tape storage unit, , crt interface. although believed first domestically produced personal computer japanese market, in reality preceded hitachi basic master.

specification

cpu: nec μpd780c (z80 compatible) running @ 4 mhz
memory: 16/32 kb
text display: 40 columns x 20 lines - 80 columns x 25 lines
graphic display: 160x100 pixels, 8 colors
operating system: disk-basic, cp/m
basic interpreter: n-basic (microsoft 24kb basic)




^ 日電と日本マイクロコンピュータ、低価格パソコン相次ぎ新製品発表 [nec , nippon microcomputer announced new products low-priced personal computer , 1 after another.]. nikkan kogyo shimbun. nikkan kogyo shimbun, ltd. 1979-05-10. p. 14. 
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