Talk:PC-8800 series

What does the "SSG" in the sound specification mean? It only points to a disambiguation page where nothing seems to match... 84.101.164.195 18:47, 19 February 2006 (UTC) I don't think anyone knows. LOL--68.98.29.246 04:21, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It refers to the General Instrument AY-3-8910-derived features of the YM2203 and YM2608, but I still need to figure out what the actual abbreviation stands for ("Simple Sound Generator"?) --SoledadKabocha (talk) 04:56, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

half a gig memory?!
On the old computer link, this computer is specced to be sold with 64 Kb memory, expandable to 512 Kb. For a 1981 computer, that's much more reasonable. Remember, the Commodore 64 was introduced only in 1982, and its memory was not (meant to be) expandable. 85.227.226.168 09:30, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Nintendo development
There is an ongoing dispute as to whether Nintendo actually produced Special Super Mario Bros. or whether it was an illegal port. Unless someone can produce a reference, I'm going to mark it as just "ported".

65.60.213.226 (talk) 03:28, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

PC-8801 Super Mario Bros. Special is NEVER illegal port. It is ported by Hudson soft, and licensed by Nintendo. I saw Ad. of this game on MICOM-BASIC-Magazine. --118.83.5.207 (talk) 05:55, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

N-mode on newer machines
N-BASIC on model TR/FR/MR and later is hidden but still available. Boot V1-slow mode, and then type "NEW ON 1". Then N-mode starts. If you want to boot "N-DISK-BASIC", insert N-DISK-BASIC system disk before typing "NEW ON 1". But PC-88VA has no N-BASIC roms, so N-BASIC is not available on PC-88VA/2/3. (but I saw N-BASIC loader for PC-88VA....) --118.83.5.207 (talk) 05:55, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Translation cleanup issue
The last sentence of the "Hardware" section reads: "A part of software corresponds to YM2608 and ADPCM. (ex: Snatcher)"

Could someone clarify what this means? (Some software is capable of using the FM and ADPCM functionality simultaneously?) --SoledadKabocha (talk) 04:58, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

"Amstrad Monitor System"?
That doesn't seem right. Does anyone know what that's all about? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.56.101 (talk) 08:50, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

PC-80S31
The PC-80S31 was a dual floppy unit that plugged into the PC-8801. Was this only sold in Japan (as a 100V unit) or was there a US version (with 110V input)? John a s (talk) 16:50, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Official models outside of Japan
The article says NEC US sold a version of the PC-8801 there. Did the US version have a different name (similar to the PC-8001A version of the PC-8001)? What other models were launched outside of Japan? John a s (talk) 16:52, 21 December 2023 (UTC)