This led to a sort of parallel universe in which NEC’s PC-9800 series (‘PC-98’) was the dominant personal computer, including its NEC µPD7220 display controller with its 4096-color palette.

The NEC PC-9800 series manufactured in Japan during the 80s had a distinct startup sound which can now be mimicked with a dedicated M.2 drive.

NEC's LaVie PCs have come to the US before, but with Lenovo badging -- and they've usually played second fiddle to Lenovo's own IdeaPads and ThinkPads. Now, however, they're getting more of a ...

Meanwhile, the NEC LaVie Home is an all-in-one desktop PC with a 27 inch display, an Intel Core i7-10510U Comet Lake processor, and a $1800 starting price.

The NEC LaVie Mini represents the convergence of several real and conceptual device designs we've seen in the past few years. The heart of the detachable device is an 8" PC that pairs with what ...

The upcoming mini PC ships with an emulator for the Zilog Z80-based NEC μPD780C-1 4 MHz processor found in the original NEC-8801mkIISR, 64KB of RAM, 48KB of VRAM, and 4KB of Text RAM.

The design is based on the NEC PC-9800, a series with some serious nostalgia power in Japan. SilverStone told expo-goers that it’s bringing the FLP01 to the Japanese market in early 2025 for ...

NEC’s Powermate P5010 is a light-weight, all-in-one hybrid PC that incorporates a wireless keyboard and mouse and a one-cable set-up to keep the desktop footprint small along with an in-built ...

A novelty M.2 card from Japan can give your modern PC the startup sound of a vintage NEC PC-9801. By Michael Crider. Staff Writer, PCWorld Jul 29, 2024 7:22 am PDT. Image: Kadenken.

NEC made high end business-oriented PCs in their 8-bit PC-88 and later 16-bit PC-98 series, which has some popularity as gaming machines, though not as much as their respective peers, the MSX and ...

Images: Nintendo Life. As the PC Engine's competition matured from 8-bit challengers to 16-bit powerhouses, NEC started a process of augmenting the core technology to create a lineage of hardware ...