The PC-9801E belongs to the famous NEC PC-98xx family. This is not an IBM PC compatible system. Its architecture is original.
Unlike the PC-9801F, the PC-9801 has no built-in disk drives.
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They could use both. Later ones came with the 5.25", but could use the PC-8882A 8" drive. Even had an option board for MS-DOS /1.2 Windows, if I remember correctly.
Sunday 3rd July 2022
Scott Scholz (United States)
They have external 8 inch drives not 5 inches.
Thursday 21st May 2009
Carelle Minkton (Somewhere)
NAME
PC 9801 E
MANUFACTURER
NEC
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
Japan
YEAR
1983
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
N88-Basic
KEYBOARD
Complete full-stroke keyboard with function keys, numeric keypad, editing keys
CPU
8086-2
SPEED
5 / 8 MHz (selectable)
RAM
128 KB (up to 640 KB)
VRAM
12 KB (text), 192 KB (video)
ROM
256 KB (N88-Basic + Kanji)
TEXT MODES
80 x 24
GRAPHIC MODES
640 x 400 / 640 x 200
COLORS
8 colors
SOUND
Beeper
I/O PORTS
Floppy Disk Drive, RS-232C, Printer, C-bus slot x 6
BUILT IN MEDIA
Two external 8'' (or 5.25''?) floppy drives (optional)
