PC-8000 Series
The PC-8000 series was a line of personal computers developed for the Japanese market by NEC. The PC-8001 model was also sold in the United States and in the UK as the PC-8001A.
PC-8001
The first member of the PC-8000 series, the PC-8001 went on sale September 28, 1979 for ¥168,000. Its design combined the keyboard and the mainboard into a single unit. At a time when most micro-computers were sold as "semi-kits" requiring end user assembly, the fully assembled PC-8001 was a rarity in the market. Peripherals included a printer, a cassette tape storage unit, and a CRT interface. Although it is often believed to be the first domestically produced personal computer for the Japanese market, in reality it was preceded by the Hitachi Basic Master.
Specification
CPU: NEC μPD780C (Z80 compatible) running at 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
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