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PC-98

The PC-9800 series, commonly shortened to PC-98 or simply 98 (キューハチ, Kyū-hachi), is a lineup of Japanese 16-bit and 32-bit personal computers manufactured by NEC from 1982 to 2003. While based on standard x86-16 and x86-32 processors, it uses an in-house architecture making it incompatible with IBM clones; some PC-98 computers used NEC's own V30…

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CPU
Intel 8086, 80286, i386, i486, NEC V30, i586
Discontinued
September 30, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-09-30)
Language
Japanese language
Manufacturer
Nippon Electric (NEC)
Operating system
N88-BASIC(86), CP/M-86, MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, PC-UX, NetWare
Predecessor
PC-8800 series

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PC-98

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Avg. degree1.99
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PC-98

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related to Price war with DOS/V PCs · 34
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related to Sound · 31
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related to Further reading · 30
PC-98 → April, Archived, Boyd, Competition, Computing Japan Magazine, Control, DOS/V, Fall, From Chaos, Greg, Hard, Information Systems Research, Innovation, Japan's PC, Japan's PC-98, Jason Dedrick, Joel West, John, June, March
related to Release and growth · 26
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related to As a PC game platform · 25
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related to External links · 24
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related to Criticism · 20
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related to Race with laptops and PC-98 clones · 19
PC-98 → Although, BASIC, BIOS, Epson, In, In Japan, In March, In October, J-3100, Japanese, Japanese PC, NEC, November, PC-286, PC-9801, PC-98LT, T3100, This, Toshiba
related to Decline · 18
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related to Storage · 18
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nec japanese pc computer personal market ibm computers software windows epson series also models released system clones floppy ms-dos users

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PC-98CPUIntel 8086, 80286, i386, i486, NEC V30, i5861.00infobox
PC-98DiscontinuedSeptember 30, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-09-30)1.00infobox
PC-98LanguageJapanese language1.00infobox
PC-98ManufacturerNippon Electric (NEC)1.00infobox
PC-98Operating systemN88-BASIC(86), CP/M-86, MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, PC-UX, NetWare1.00infobox
PC-98PredecessorPC-8800 series1.00infobox
PC-98ReleasedOctober 1982; 43 years ago (1982-10)1.00infobox
PC-98TypePersonal computers1.00infobox
PC-98Units shipped18.3 million1.00infobox
PC-98is anon-IBM compatible x86-based computer and is thus capable of running ported0.90text
the PC-8000instance ofwhile the Information Processing Group made 16-bit business personal computers and the Electronic Devices Group made other personal computers0.80text
the PC-8800instance ofwhile the Information Processing Group made 16-bit business personal computers and the Electronic Devices Group made other personal computers0.80text

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