| 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 |
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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