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|predecessor = [[NEC PC-6000 series|PC-6000]]
|successor = [[PC-98 emulators|PC-9800]]
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|successor = [[NEC PC-9800 series|PC-9800]]
 
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==Emulators==
 
==Emulators==
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ PC-88 Series Emulators
 
 
! scope="col"|Emulator
 
! scope="col"|Emulator
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
+
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 +
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
!colspan="11"|PC
+
!colspan="12"|PC / x86
 
|-
 
|-
|[http://nenecchi.html.xdomain.jp pc8801ma]
+
|[http://nenecchi.kirara.st ePC8801MA Kai SE]
|Windows
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://nenecchi.html.xdomain.jp 19/03/12]
+
|[http://nenecchi.kirara.st/php/dl.php?t=pc8801ma2.7z 200611]
 +
|?
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|-
 +
|ePC-8001
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 +
|[http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/pc9801/index.html {{ePC8001Ver}}]
 +
|?
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://retropc.net/pi XM8]
 
|[http://retropc.net/pi XM8]
|Multi-platform
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Android}}
|[http://retropc.net/pi/#download 1.70]
+
|[http://retropc.net/pi/#download {{XM8Ver}}]
 +
|?
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20190210175903/www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-SanJose/2457/m88/m88.html M88 for OS/2‡]
+
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20190210175903/www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-SanJose/2457/m88/m88.html M88 for OS/2]
|OS/2
+
|align=left|{{Icon|OS2}}
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20190210175903/www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-SanJose/2457/m88/m88.html 2.15]
+
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20190210175903/http://www.din.or.jp/~sofiya/M88/m88a7.zip 2.15 α7]<ref group=N name=OS/2>''Versions 2.15 α7 and its source code (2.15s) are currently lost. The latest version downloadable is 2.10 α6 along with its source code (2.10s).''</ref>
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/hideaki-i/n_on_mac/n-index.html PC88EM]
 
|[http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/hideaki-i/n_on_mac/n-index.html PC88EM]
|macOS
+
|align=left|{{Icon|macOS}}
|[http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/hideaki-i/n_on_mac/n-index.html 4.35]
+
|[http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/hideaki-i/n_on_mac/n-down.html 4.35]
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://www.cug.net/~manuke/x88000.html X88000]
 
|[http://www.cug.net/~manuke/x88000.html X88000]
|Multi-platform
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.cug.net/~manuke/x88000.html 1.5.3]
+
|[https://quagma.sakura.ne.jp/manuke/x88_1_5_3.zip 1.5.3]
|{{}}
+
|{{✗}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[MAME]]
 
|[[MAME]]
|Multi-platform
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
 
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
 +
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
|[http://nenecchi.kirara.st pc8801ma]
 +
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
 +
|[http://nenecchi.kirara.st/php/dl.php?f=pc8801ma_190312.7z {{Pc8801maVer}}]
 +
|?
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20170104164557/www.e-maybe.com/98lab/p-c88-emulator Excite88]
 
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20170104164557/www.e-maybe.com/98lab/p-c88-emulator Excite88]
|Windows
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20170104164557/www.e-maybe.com/98lab/p-c88-emulator 0.1.5.0]
+
|[https://illusioncity.net/PC88/Excite88_Ver0.1.5.0_Setup.zip 0.1.5.0]
 +
|?
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
|[http://nenecchi.html.xdomain.jp/ M88]
+
|[http://retropc.net/cisc/m88/ M88 (retropc.net)]
|Windows
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://nenecchi.html.xdomain.jp/ 2.2.1a]
+
|[http://retropc.net/cisc/m88/download.html 2.2.1a]
|{{}}
+
|?
 +
|{{}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930154607/home.highway.ne.jp/soltin/pc88win.html PC88WIN]
 
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930154607/home.highway.ne.jp/soltin/pc88win.html PC88WIN]
|Windows
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930154607/home.highway.ne.jp/soltin/pc88win.html 1.14]
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|[http://web.archive.org/web/20070117004821/http://home.highway.ne.jp/soltin/pc88w114.lzh 1.14]
 +
|?
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://www.cug.net/~anonB/w88 W88]
 
|[http://www.cug.net/~anonB/w88 W88]
|Windows
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://www.cug.net/~anonB/w88 0.05]
+
|0.05
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[https://www.eonet.ne.jp/~showtime/quasi88 QUASI88]
 
|[https://www.eonet.ne.jp/~showtime/quasi88 QUASI88]
|Multi-platform
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|AmigaOS}}
|[https://www.eonet.ne.jp/~showtime/quasi88/download.html 0.6.4]
+
|[https://www.eonet.ne.jp/~showtime/quasi88/download.html 0.6.4]<br>[https://github.com/libretro/quasi88-libretro git]<small>(libretro)</small>
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|[https://www.eonet.ne.jp/~showtime/quasi88 QUASI88 (Libretro)]
 
|Multi-platform
 
|[https://github.com/libretro/quasi88-libretro git]
 
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}<small>(libretro)</small>
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[http://www1.plala.or.jp/aoto/pc88emu.htm P88SR]
 
|[http://www1.plala.or.jp/aoto/pc88emu.htm P88SR]
|DOS†
+
|align=left|{{Icon|DOS}}<ref group=N name=P88SR>''Only compatible with [[NEC PC-9800 series]] computers running MS-DOS, which are not IBM PC/AT compatible.''</ref>
|[http://www1.plala.or.jp/aoto/pc88emu.htm 1.00]
+
|[http://www1.plala.or.jp/aoto/soft/88emu100.lzh 1.00]
|{{✗}}
+
|?
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620001034/http://www.aosoft.jp:80/dlfiles/M88ce_006_src.lzh M88/CE]
 
|Windows CE
 
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620001034/http://www.aosoft.jp:80/dlfiles/M88ce_006_src.lzh 0.06Δ]
 
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
!colspan="11"|Mobile
+
!colspan="12"|Mobile / ARM
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[https://www41.atwiki.jp/tako2lab/pages/33.html QUASI88 Android]
 
|[https://www41.atwiki.jp/tako2lab/pages/33.html QUASI88 Android]
|[[Android emulators|Android]]
+
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
 
|[https://www41.atwiki.jp/tako2lab?cmd=upload&act=open&pageid=33&file=quasi88_android_130609.apk 130609]
 
|[https://www41.atwiki.jp/tako2lab?cmd=upload&act=open&pageid=33&file=quasi88_android_130609.apk 130609]
 +
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620001022/http://www.aosoft.jp:80/dlfiles/m88h_006.lzh M88/Handheld]
+
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060616041107/http://www.aosoft.jp/m88ce/ M88]
|HandheldPC 2000
+
|align=left|{{Icon|WinMobile}}
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620001022/http://www.aosoft.jp:80/dlfiles/m88h_006.lzh 0.06]
+
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620001022/http://www.aosoft.jp:80/dlfiles/m88h_006.lzh Handheld 0.06]<br>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620000933/http://www.aosoft.jp/dlfiles/m88p_004.lzh Pocket 0.04]<br>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620001034/http://www.aosoft.jp:80/dlfiles/M88ce_006_src.lzh CE 0.06]<ref group=N name=M88>''Must compile from source.''</ref>
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620000933/http://www.aosoft.jp/dlfiles/m88p_004.lzh M88/Pocket]
 
|Windows for PocketPC
 
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620000933/http://www.aosoft.jp/dlfiles/m88p_004.lzh 0.04]
 
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
|-
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
+
<references group=N />
†Only compatible with DOS/V incompatible PC-98 machines running MS-DOS.
 
 
 
‡Versions 2.15 and 2.15s are currently lost. The latest versions downloadable are 2.10 and 2.10s.
 
 
 
ΔMust compile from source.
 
  
 
==Models==
 
==Models==

Revision as of 09:59, 2 January 2022

NEC PC-8800 series
Developer NEC Home Electronics
Type Home computer
Release date 1981
Discontinued 1989
Predecessor PC-6000
Successor PC-9800
Emulated

The NEC PC-8800 series, also known as the PC-88, were a family of computers made by NEC starting in 1981. The last models of the PC-88 were released in 1989, though it is unknown when they were discontinued. The PC-88 was released in America and Japan.

Emulators

Emulator Platform(s) Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
ePC8801MA Kai SE Windows 200611 ?
ePC-8001 Windows 1/28/2023 ?
XM8 Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD Android 1.70 ?
M88 for OS/2 OS/2 2.15 α7[N 1]
PC88EM macOS 4.35
X88000 Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 1.5.3
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.264
pc8801ma Windows 19/03/12 ?
Excite88 Windows 0.1.5.0 ?
M88 (retropc.net) Windows 2.2.1a ?
PC88WIN Windows 1.14 ?
W88 Windows 0.05
QUASI88 Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD AmigaOS 0.6.4
git(libretro)
(libretro)
P88SR MS-DOS [N 2] 1.00 ?
Mobile / ARM
QUASI88 Android Android 130609
M88 Windows Mobile Handheld 0.06
Pocket 0.04
CE 0.06[N 3]
  1. Versions 2.15 α7 and its source code (2.15s) are currently lost. The latest version downloadable is 2.10 α6 along with its source code (2.10s).
  2. Only compatible with NEC PC-9800 series computers running MS-DOS, which are not IBM PC/AT compatible.
  3. Must compile from source.

Models

PC-8801

The PC-8801 was released in 1981 and had a NEC µPD780 at 4 MHz with 64KB of RAM and 48KB of VRAM.

PC-8801mkII model 10

The PC-8801mkII model 10 was released in 1983 and had the same specs as the PC-8801 but with new sound coponents.

PC-8801mkII model 20

Same thing as the PC-8801mkII model 10 but with 1 5.25" floppy drive.

PC-8801mkII model 30

Same thing as the PC-8801mkII model 10 but with 2 5.25" floppy drives.

PC-8801mkII SR model 10

The PC-8801mkII SR model 10 was released in 1985 and had new sound components.

PC-8801mkII SR model 20

Same as the PC-8801mkII SR model 10 but with 1 5.25" floppy drive.

PC-8801mkII SR model 30

Same as the PC-8801mkII SR model 10 but with 2 5.25" floppy drives.

PC-8801mkII TR

The PC-8801mkII TR was released in 1985 and was the PC-8801mkII SR model 30 but had an additional 300 bps modem with it.

PC-8801mkII FR model 10

The PC-8801mkII FR model 10 released in 1985 was a cost reduced version of the PC-8801mkII SR model 10.

PC-8801mkII FR model 20

The PC-8801mkII FR model 20 released in 1985 was a cost reduced version of the PC-8801mkII SR model 20.

PC-8801mkII FR model 30

The PC-8801mkII FR model 30 released in 1985 was a cost reduced version of the PC-8801mkII SR model 30.

PC-8801mkII MR

The PC-8801mkII MR was released in 1985 with 192KB of RAM and the same amount of VRAM.

PC-8801 FH model 10

The PC-8801 FH model 10 was released in 1986 and had a new NEC µPD70008 at 8 MHz with 64KB of RAM and 48KB of VRAM.

PC-8801 FH model 20

The PC-8801 FH model 20 added 1 5.25" floppy drive.

PC-8801 FH model 30

The PC-8801 FH model 30 added 2 5.25" floppy drives.

PC-8801 MH

The PC-8801 MH was released in 1986 and had 192KB of RAM and the same amount of VRAM.

PC-88 VA

The PC-88 VA was released in 1987 with a NEC V50 CPU at 8 MHz with 512KB of RAM and 256KB of VRAM.

PC-8801 FA

The PC-8801 FA was released in 1987 with a NEC µPD70008 CPU at 8 MHz with 64KB of RAM and 48KB of VRAM. Stereo sound was added.

PC-8801 MA

The PC-8801 MA was released in 1987 with 192KB of RAM and 48KB of VRAM.

PC-88 VA2

The PC-88 VA2 was released in 1988 with a NEC V50 CPU at 8Mhz with 512KB of RAM and 256KB of VRAM.

PC-88 VA3

The PC-88 VA3 was released in 1988 and added a 2TD FDD.

PC-8801 FE

The PC-8801 FE was released in 1988 and had a NEC µPD70008 at 8 MHz with 64KB of RAM and 48KB of VRAM. It only had Mono sound.

PC-8801 MA2

The PC-8801 MA2 was released in 1988 and had a NEC µPD70008 at 8 MHz with 192 KB of RAM and 48 KB of VRAM.

PC-8801 FE2

The PC-8801 FE2 was released in 1989 and had 64KB of RAM and 48KB of VRAM. Only Mono sound was on this model.

PC-8801 MC model 1

The PC-8801 MC model 1 was released in 1989 and had 192KB of RAM and 48KB of VRAM.

PC-8801 MC model 2

The PC-8801 MC model 2 was released in 1989 and had a CD-ROM drive.

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