Re: tlug: 1.Japanese hard- and software/2.Netscape

[Michael Chiu <mchiu@example.com>]

On Sat, 3 Oct 1998 13:16:26 +0900 (JST)
Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Jonathan Byrne - 3Web wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Scott Stone wrote:
> > 
> > >The NEC PC98 still has a lot of market share here, but they aren't being
> > >made anymore. 
> > 
> > Say what?!  The NEC PC98 series probably ships more machines than any other
> > single platform in Japan, and they have notebooks, servers, desktops, and
> > entry-level desktops.   Combined, NEC has something like 50% of the market
> > here even now, and most of that is in PC98 machines, not standard PCs.
> > Doesn't sound like something that isn't made anymore :-) It will be years yet,
> > if ever, before NEC drops the 98 architecture.
> 
> Not true, it's gone now.  There are no more 98 architecture machines being
> made.  All of the NEC machines being sold now are standard PC
> architecture, from what I've been told by people other than Jonathan :)
> 

I have heard the same thing... what might be the confusion is that the
NEC PC98/NX series are standard PCs, but still carry the PC98 name...

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