PC-9800 series
Models
Partial list of PC-98 models sold in the Japanese market (no 1992-2000 models, no notebook models, etc.). Timeline of PC-9801 models

PC-9800 series

Section Title: Models
Table Section Text: Partial list of PC-98 models sold in the Japanese market (no 1992-2000 models, no notebook models, etc.). Timeline of PC-9801 models

Model	CPU	Year	Features	Other

PC-9801	8086 5 MHz	1982	RAM 128 KB, 6 slot C-bus, larger DIN connector for keyboard	640×400 8 colors, 2 externals floppy drive 8" (optional) 298,000yen

PC-9801E	8086-2 5/8 MHz	1983	Essentially the same as PC-9801, integrated logical circuits into several ASICs, mini DIN keyboard connector	2 externals floppy drive 8" (optional)

PC-9801F	8086-2 5/8 MHz	1983	With display font of JIS level 1 kanji characters, F1 and F2 with 128KB of RAM, F3 256 KB of RAM and hard-disk 10 Mb	Internal floppy drive, 5" 2DD (640KB/720KB)

PC-9801M	8086-2 5/8 MHz	1984	With bus mouse interface card	M1: 2 internal floppy drive, 5" 2HD (1.2MB); M2: 1 internal floppy and HD 20Mb

PC-9801U	NEC V30 8 MHz	1985	With display font of JIS level 1 and level 2 kanji characters	2 floppy-disk 3.5" 2DD

PC-9801VF	NEC V30 8 MHz	1985	RAM 256 KB, GRCG (Graphic Charger)	Double 5" floppy-disk 2DD resolution 640×400 with 8 colors (16 colors optional) chosen from among the 4096 available

PC-9801VM	NEC V30 10 MHz	1985	RAM 384 KB, GRCG	Double 5" floppy-disk 2HD/2DD resolution 640×400 with 8 colors (16 colors optional) chosen from among the 4096 available

PC-9801UV	NEC V30 10/8 MHz	1986	Onboard PC-9801-26 sound hardware, GRCG, UV2 (1986) with 384 KB of RAM, UV21 (1987) 640 KB of RAM, UV11 (1988) reduced 45% size of UV21's and 73% lower power consumption	2 floppy-disk 3.5" 2HD/2DD

PC-9801VX	80286 8-10 MHz	1986	RAM 640 KB, EGC (Enhanced Graphic Charger), VCCI compliance	Resolution 640×400 with 16 colors chosen from among 4096, VX4/WN bundled MS-DOS 3.1 and Windows 1.0

PC-9801UX	80286 10 MHz	1987	Onboard 26K sound, EGC	2 floppy-disk 3.5" 2HD/2DD

PC-9801RA	80386DX 16-20 MHz	1988	Reduced 12% size of 9801VX's, covered floppy drives to be quiet	2 floppy-disk 5" 2HD/2DD

PC-9801RS	80386SX 16 MHz	1989	2 floppy-disk 5" 2HD/2DD

PC-9801RX	80286 12 MHz	1988	2 floppy-disk 5" 2HD/2DD

PC-9801ES	80386SX 16 MHz	1989	ES2 no HD, ES5 HD 40MByte	2 floppy-disk 3.5" 2HD/2DD

PC-9801EX	80286 12 MHz	1989	Onboard 26K sound	2 floppy-disk 3.5" 2HD/2DD

PC-9801DA,DA/U	80386DX 20 MHz	1990	Onboard 26K sound, software menus replaced DIP switches	/U means 3.5" floppy No /U means 5" floppy

PC-9801DS,DS/U	80386SX 16 MHz	1990	Onboard 26K sound	/U means 3.5" floppy No /U means 5" floppy

PC-9801DX,DX/U	80286 12 MHz	1991	Onboard 26K sound	/U means 3.5" floppy No /U means 5" floppy

PC-9801FA,FA/U	80486SX 16 MHz	1992	Onboard 26K sound	F means "File slot", memory proprietary expansion slot

PC-9801FS,FS/U	80386DX 16 MHz	1992	Onboard 26K sound

PC-9801FX,FX/U	80386SX 16 MHz	1992	Onboard 26K sound

PC-9821	Intel 80386SX	1992	3.6 MB of RAM, CD-ROM drive, onboard 86 sound hardware	Hard disk 40 MByte, resolution 640×480 with 256 colors, Windows 3.0A pre-installed

PC-9821Ap	80486DX2 66 MHz	1993	3.6 MB of RAM, onboard 86 sound, support 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy disk	Hard disk none or 120-510 MB with IDE, resolution 640×480 with 256 colors, MS-DOS 5.0A-H pre-installed

PC-9801BA	80486DX 40 MHz	1993	1.6-3.6 MB of RAM, 86 sound card (optional), support 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy disk	Hard disk none or 80 MB with IDE, MS-DOS 5.0A-H pre-installed

PC-9821Ce	80486SX 25 MHz	1993	Essentially the same as PC-9821	Windows 3.1 pre-installed

PC-9821Af	Pentium 60 MHz	1993	7.6 MB of RAM, broke 14.6 MB memory barrier, JEDEC 72-pin SIMM, S3 928 2D accelerator	Hard disk 510 MB, Windows 3.1 pre-installed

PC-9821Cx	80486SX 33 MHz	1994	MS-DOS 6.2/Windows 3.1 pre-installed

PC-9821Cf	Pentium 60 MHz	1994	Built-in TV tuner, MS-DOS 5.0A-H/Windows 3.1 pre-installed

PC-9821Xa	Pentium 90 MHz	1994	7.6 MB of RAM, 1x-4x CD-ROM, Matrox MGA-II, 2x PCI slots, Plug and Play C-bus, WSS audio	Hard disk 270-1000 MB

PC-9821Cx2	Pentium 75 MHz	1995	CD-ROM 4x drive	Hard disk 850 MB, built-in TV tuner, MS-DOS 6.2/Windows 3.1 pre-installed

PC-9821Cx3 (98Multi Canbe)	Pentium 100 MHz	1995	Include Yamaha DB60XG Daughterboard	Windows 95 pre-installed

PC-9821 Valuestar V Series V166-V233	Pentium MMX 166-233 MHz	1997	8x-20x CD-ROM, 2x CD-R, or DVD-ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM, Matrox Mystique 3D accelerator, Harddisk 3-6 GB, 2x USB ports	Windows 95 OSR2.1 pre-installed

PC-9821 Cereb (C166-C233)	Pentium MMX 166-233 MHz	1997	28 inch (in C200 Model) or optional 32 inch BS Hi-Vision TV Monitor, Harddisk 3-4GB, VideoLogic Apocalypse 3D 3D accelerator (in C166 Model), DVD and MPEG-2 Decoder (in C200/V and C233/V Model), built-in TV tuner, 13x CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive (read CD-ROM at 6x in C200/V Model and 8x in C233/V Model), 32 MB of RAM, 2x USB ports (in C233 Model)	Windows 95 OSR2.1 pre-installed

PC-9821Ra43	Celeron 433 MHz	2000	24x CD-ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM, Harddisk 8GB,	Last computer of series

Sentence(s)

PC-9801 ran at a clock speed of 5 MHz, with 128 KB of RAM.

final_sentence: PC-9801 ran at a clock speed of 5 MHz, with 128 KB of RAM.