NEC developed mainframes since the 1950s. By 1976, the company had the 4th highest mainframe sales … See more

The PC-98 is different from the IBM PC in many ways; for instance, it uses its own 16-bit C-bus (Cバス) instead of the ISA bus; BIOS, I/O port addressing, memory management and graphics output are also different. H… See more

Seiko Epson manufactured PC-9801 clones [jp] between 1987 and 1995, as well as compatible peripherals.
In the 1980s, Epson's clones preceded NEC's in terms of its features such as performanc… See more

The PC-98 was primarily used for businesses and industry in Japan from 1980s to mid-1990s. As of September 1992, out of 16,000 PC-98 software applications, 60% of them were corporate business s… See more

A journalist explained in 1988 how NEC established the nation of Japanese personal computers:
• NEC responded quickly to the new demand for business personal computers.
• NEC succe… See more

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• Joel West and Jason Dedrick, "Innovation and Control in Standards Architectures: The Rise and Fall of Japan's PC-98", Information Systems Research, Vol. 11, No. 2, June 2000, pp. 197–216
• Myers, Steven; Sm… See more