PC-8800 series
NEC PC-8801 | |
| Developer | Nippon Electric (NEC) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | New Nippon Electric (NEC Home Electronics) |
| Type | Personal computer |
| Release date | November 1981 |
| Operating system | N-88 BASIC |
| CPU | NEC μPD780C-1 @ 4 MHz and higher |
| Memory | 64 kilobytes and higher |
| Display | Text 80 × 25, graphics 160 × 100, 8 colors (and higher) |
| Graphics | SGP |
| Sound | Internal beeper (and higher) |
| Power | 100 VAC |
| Predecessor | PC-8000 series |
| Successor | PC-9800 series |
The PC-8800 series (Japanese: PC-8800シリーズ, Hepburn: Pī Shī Hassen Happyaku Shirīzu), commonly shortened to PC-88, are a brand of Zilog Z80-based 8-bit home computers 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 Fujitsu FM-7, 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 and Canada.