page_title: PC-8000 series
section_title: PC-8001
hierarchical_section_title: PC-8000 series / PC-8001
caption_attribution_description: English: Character set of NEC PC-8001, one of JIS X 0201 implementation, as renderd in 8×8 pixel system font.
context_page_description: The PC-8000 series is a line of personal computers developed for the Japanese market by NEC. The PC-8001 model was also sold in the United States and Canada as the PC-8001A.
  Original models of the NEC PC-8001B was also sold in some European countries like in the UK, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands and in Australia and New Zealand as well.
context_section_description: The first member of the PC-8000 series, the PC-8001 was first introduced on May 9, 1979, and went on sale September 1979 for ¥168,000. Its design combined the keyboard and the mainboard into a single unit. At a time when most micro-computers were sold as "semi-kits" requiring end user assembly, the fully assembled PC-8001 was a rarity in the market. Peripherals included a printer, a cassette tape storage unit, and a CRT interface. Although it is often believed to be the first domestically produced personal computer for the Japanese market, in reality it was preceded by the Hitachi Basic Master.
  The PC-8001A was released in the United States in August 1981, and was priced at US$1,295 (32 KB of RAM). It was modified to reduce electromagnetic interference in order to comply with FCC regulations. The Katakana glyphs in the character ROM were replaced with English.
caption: The character set of the PC-8001
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