NEC PC-8201A, WORKING, Early Laptop & Tandy 100 Clone

Appearance: Used,some wear and scratchesFunctionality: Workswith AC adapterDescription:============As pictured, a NECPC-8201A. Includes computer and homemade power supply. Works fine with the ACadapter, but did not work on batteries.Manuals areavailable at: http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html.Warranty andReturns:=====================We understand thatthere may be compatibility issues, space constraints, or it just doesn’t lookperfect. This item can be returned within 14-days for ANY reason. However,shipping to and from is not refundable. Shipping:=========- Local pickup isalso available at no cost.- Most orders placedbefore 9am will ship the same day.About Us:=========The ComputerPreservation Group is dedicated to the preservation of historical computers. Tohelp fund ongoing operations, select items are made available. To learn more,please visit our website: www.computerpreservation.com. Thank you for your support!Stock#:14075Details from http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/nec8201a/:In 1983 KyotoCeramics, Kyocera, started manufacture of a series of light weight batterypowered computers based on a CMOS microprocessor called the 8Oc85. There wereeight variations produced under four brand names. Seven were built by Kyocera,including the Tandy 100, and one by NEC, the PC820la/PC8300. All eight variantsshared certain features: •Powered by 4 AAbatteries or an optional 6 volt AC adapter.•Screen display 40characters wide and 8 lines long on an LCD screen.•Size of a 3 ringnotebook.•Text Editor (TEXT),BASIC programming language (BASIC), and telecommunications (TELCOM) softwarepermanently in ROM. •Ability to takeprograms on an optional ROM socket. •Full size keyboard. •Minimum of 8K RAMinstalled for programs and files. (Most had more)•Weight under 5pounds. •Could save and loadprograms and data from a cassette recorder with a special cable. •Simple text basedpoint and shoot interface. Sort of a text Macintosh. In addition... theNEC PC8201a had: •16K RAM installed,expandable to 2 banks of 32K each. (This one has 32K) •Internal 300 baudmodem. •Redefinable screencharacter set. •Could take memorycartridges up to 128K in a special expansion slot. •Video monitorinterface available. •Portable disk driveavailable. •Portable printeravailable. •Standard telephoneconnection for modem The Kyocera KC85,Tandy 100/ 102/200 and Olivetti were all produced by Kyocera as the NECPC820la/8300 were produced by NEC. Tandy had the best distribution network andprobably the most common, where the NEC is seldom encountered, probably due toits limited production and availability.:,RcmdId ViewItemDescV4,RlogId p4%60bo7%60jtb9%3Fuk.rp73%28e013%3F%3E%3A-14e96317bf1-0x103-->