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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

1828.0. "Amigas in Japan" by MEIS::ZIMMERMAN (Walt sent me) Fri Oct 28 1988 11:40

Why no Japanese Amiga demos/games?  Here's an answer from the source:


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Note 122.1                       PC's in Japan?                           1 of 1
THAV07::HTANAKA "A voice from east."                 16 lines  28-OCT-1988 18:19
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Amiga is very unpopular in Japan. Only few maniac shops display it. Followings
is list of populer PCs in Japan.

Vendor		Name		Description
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NEC		PC-9801 siries	based on 8086,V30,80286 or 80386.
				Most popular in Japan.
NEC		PC-8801 siries	based on Z80
Fujitu		FM siries	based on 8088/8086. popular in business market.
Fujitu		FM-77 siries	based on 6809. popular in hobby market
IBM		PC-55 siries	Japanese version of IBM PC by IBM Japan
*		AX siries	not so popular yet. But announced by many vendors
Nintendo	Family Computer	not true "PC" but game machine.
				known as "Nintendo Entertaiment System" in U.S.
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*) AX is name of open arcitecture based on IBM PC/AT with Japanese facility.
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