The NEC PC 8801 was the successor of PC 8001. It offered fine colour graphics.
It had an optional MS-Dos board. It was one of the fist, if not the first color CPM computer.
It ran in three bootable modes: CPM, MS-Dos, and N88-Basic. The N-Basic would natively boot on the system without disk, just like the PC 8001. It also had a software / hardware switch to turn it into PC 8001 mode.
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NAME
PC 8801
MANUFACTURER
NEC
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
Japan
YEAR
December 1981
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
N88-BASIC, N-BASIC (PC8001 MODE)
KEYBOARD
Full-stroke keyboard 67 key + 20 key numeric pad + 5 function keys
CPU
uPD780C-1(Z80A compatible)
SPEED
4 MHz
RAM
64 KB (up to 576 KB)
VRAM
48 KB
ROM
72 KB
TEXT MODES
36/40/72/80 characters x 20/25 lines
GRAPHIC MODES
640 x 200 (8 colours), 640 x 400 (Monochrome)
COLORS
8
SOUND
3 FM channels + 3 SSG + 6 rhythms + 1 ADPCM
SIZE / WEIGHT
main case: 496W x 342D x 107H / 7.1 Kg keyboard: 464W x 214D x 73H / 2 Kg
