<s>
The	O
NEC	B-Device
PC-100	I-Device
was	O
a	O
Japanese	O
home	O
computer	O
available	O
on	O
October	O
13	O
,	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
operated	O
on	O
8086	B-General_Concept
CPU	B-General_Concept
7	O
MHz	O
,	O
128KB	O
RAM	O
,	O
128KB	O
VRAM	O
,	O
a	O
Japanese	O
language	O
capable	O
keyboard	O
and	O
a	O
two	O
button	O
mouse	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
OS	O
was	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
was	O
also	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
program	I-Application
Maruchipuran	O
(	O
Multiplan	B-Device
)	O
and	O
a	O
text	O
editor	O
JS-WORD	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Far	O
ahead	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
and	O
too	O
costly	O
,	O
PC-100	B-Device
did	O
not	O
sell	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cheaper	O
PC-9801F2	B-Operating_System
also	O
by	O
NEC	O
outsold	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
faded	O
out	O
the	O
PC-100	B-Device
because	O
of	O
the	O
reorganization	O
of	O
their	O
business	O
units	O
rather	O
than	O
its	O
technical	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Electronic	O
Device	O
Business	O
Group	O
launched	O
the	O
PC-8001	B-Device
in	O
1979	O
,	O
making	O
NEC	O
the	O
biggest	O
PC	O
vendor	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Electronic	O
Device	O
Business	O
Group	O
developed	O
the	O
PC-8801	B-Device
for	O
consumers	O
who	O
wanted	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
for	O
both	O
hobby	O
and	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Information	O
Processing	O
Business	O
Group	O
began	O
developing	O
the	O
PC-9801	B-Operating_System
specialized	O
for	O
business	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
software	O
company	O
's	O
president	O
recalled	O
the	O
sales	O
section	O
of	O
PC-9801	B-Operating_System
often	O
said	O
"	O
Down	O
with	O
the	O
88	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC-100	B-Device
and	O
PC-9801F	O
were	O
released	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
problem	O
surfaced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
Home	O
Electronics	O
discontinued	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
PC-100	B-Device
,	O
PC-6000	B-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
PC-6600	B-Device
series	I-Device
and	O
PC-8000	B-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
and	O
these	O
lines	O
were	O
merged	O
to	O
the	O
PC-8800	B-Device
series	I-Device
to	O
concentrate	O
on	O
the	O
home	O
computer	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Possibly	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
inclusion	O
of	O
a	O
mouse	B-Device
,	O
a	O
blue	O
anime	O
style	O
mouse	B-Device
with	O
"	O
PC-100	B-Device
"	O
on	O
its	O
chest	O
looking	O
little	O
like	O
Superman	B-Application
was	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
promotional	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
