What’s more, its keyboards seem to be prized by mechanical-keyboard aficionados for having Alps switches, so there are probably thousands of them in some guy’s closet next to some Symbolics “space cadet” Lisp-machine keyboards. There were lots of PC98 keyboards for sale, and I got quite a few of those, but the PC88 is becoming thin on the ground. When I was shopping, there were almost no PC88 keyboards available. I’d be happier just getting the computer to work (not least, because as a non-SR mkII, there are very few games I can enjoy on it anyway).
It also has a lot of trash, but neither of these things are interesting to me right now. If all goes well, I will soon be the owner of an NEC PC-8801mkII “Model 30.” The platform is famous in Japan, as later models of the PC88 featured a ton of independent games, including many from developers who would go on to create games that were popular worldwide (Thexder, Snatcher and Ys all got their start on this platform). (Part 1 - Research) Tags:Ĭomputer pc88 pc8801mkii keyboard nec retrochallenge retrochallenge-april-2018 Building a keyboard adapter for the early PC8801.
