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- The PC-98 is a non-IBM compatible x86 -based computer and is thus capable of running ported (and localized) versions of MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.
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The PC-98 is different from the IBM PC in many ways; for instance, it uses its own 16-bit C-bus instead of the ISA bus; BIOS, I/O port addressing, memory management and graphics output are also different. However, localized MS-DOS, Unix, OS/2, or Windows will still run on PC-9801s.
Dec 14, 2022 · PC-98 was a series of x86-based Japanese computers that offers Kana-Kanji support, which shared some hardware similarities and operation systems with IBM PC, and software was relatively easy to port between the two architectures. But the two architectures were never compatible.
Mar 21, 2016 · As a more visual demonstration of why the PC-98 and IBM PC are incompatible with each-other, I recommend showing what happens when you run an IBM PC program on a PC-98 (typically it results in a "crash" screen) and vise-versa.
Dec 26, 2023 · Maya Posch. December 26, 2023. Despite the popularity of the IBM PC in the West during the 1980s, it had shortcomings that prevented it from flourishing in the Japanese market, most of all...
May 13, 2024 · Despite using Intel x86 chips, MS-DOS and Windows 9x, and many other superficial similarities, the series is not IBM compatible. Some PC-98 software may work on an IBM or vice versa, but this is very YMMV.
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Software addressing IBM PC hardware in this way would not run on MS-DOS machines with different hardware (for example, the PC-98). The IBM PC was sold in high enough volumes to justify writing software specifically for it, and this encouraged other manufacturers to produce machines that could use the same programs, expansion cards, and ...
The difference between the PC98 and IBM PC could be thought of kind of like the difference between the Apple II, the C64 and the Atari 8-bits. The scenes you reference weren't as strong in Japan. I'm not even sure there's an equivalent set of scenes that took their place.
