NEC-TREK PC-6001(A) Microcomputer
date: label: Date made
content: 1983
label: Date made
content: 1981
name: label: maker
content: NEC
notes: label: Description
content: The NEC-6000 was the first in the line of NEC personal computers. It was released in Japan in November 1981, and then, as the NEC-TREK, or NEC-6001(A) in the United States. The processor was a PD 780c-1 chip, which was compatible with the Z-80. It operated at a speed of 3.8 MHz. The machine included 16K of BASIC ROM, and was expandable to 32K. It came with Microsoft N60 Basic built in. A data recorder was used to store BASIC programs. The computer was noteworthy for its relatively high-resolution color graphics and its built-in music synthesizer. It was an excellent machine for games written in BASIC. However the machine did not become very popular in the United States.
label: Description
content: This example (and its parts) were received in brightly colored paper boxes.
label: Description
content: This particular NEC-TREK was a gift from Gordon Desmore, a computer hobbyist, to his daughter, Debra L. Nahm, the wife of the man who donated the object to the Smithsonian. Mr. and Mrs. Nahm never used the computer extensively, in part because they did not have a dedicated monitor.
label: Description
content: For related documentation, see 2005.3054.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John J. Nahm
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0119.01
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0119.01
label: accession number
content: 2005.0119
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microcomputer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 16 1/2 in x 11 in; 10.16 cm x 41.91 cm x 27.94 cm