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

[Jonathan Byrne - 3Web <jq@example.com>]

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.

And if you don't like JP-106 keyboards, try out an NEC sometime: they're
*much* worse.

>lot of other stuff non-standard as well, which they didn't need to do, and
>has caused problems ...).  But, now that we have VGA, the niche that the
>PC98 was designed to fill no longer exists.

Jonathan Byrne
Media and Content Section
3Web - Your Internet Solution! <URL:http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/index.en.html>
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