rkindig Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 New Floppy Days is out! Do you want to know more about Japanese computers, and especially the NEC TREK (NEC PC-6000 series)? Listen as Carlos Camacho and I walk thru Part 1 of our coverage. https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-121-nec-pc-6001-and-japanese-computers-with-carlos-camacho-part-i 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 21 hours ago, rkindig said: New Floppy Days is out! Do you want to know more about Japanese computers, and especially the NEC TREK (NEC PC-6000 series)? Listen as Carlos Camacho and I walk thru Part 1 of our coverage. https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-121-nec-pc-6001-and-japanese-computers-with-carlos-camacho-part-i Will give it a listen soon enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On 1/8/2023 at 12:45 PM, rkindig said: New Floppy Days is out! Do you want to know more about Japanese computers, and especially the NEC TREK (NEC PC-6000 series)? Listen as Carlos Camacho and I walk thru Part 1 of our coverage. https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-121-nec-pc-6001-and-japanese-computers-with-carlos-camacho-part-i Enjoyed the episode. Also love learning about machines that I have no clue about. However, didn't like your begging for Patreon support. Funds to keep and/or improve production values, I can understand. But, to ask for monies to help you go out and buy more stuff is a bit shady for me. Sorry, not trying to hate, but it is just something I don't agree with at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I heard that NEC was planning on releasing their PC-68/88/98 machines stateside, but had no success. Is there any truth to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krebizfan Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 One can find ads for the PC-88 in Byte and Infoworld from 1983 and Creative Computing has a review in the Nov 1983 issue. Clearly a sign that more than a market test was planned though few units seem to have made it to the US. Very favorable review; I think the $2497 price for a system with 64K and two floppy drives compared unfavorably with TRS-80 Model 4 with 64K and 2 drives for $1999. NEC provided a good software package but not everyone wanted Multiplan and Wordstar. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jltursan Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 And some others seems to have arrived to Europe, one of my PC-6001 is a B model that AFAIK it must identify it as a British model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krebizfan Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Note I did find a lawsuit that involved the PC-8000 (Integrated Micro Systems, Inc. v. NEC Home Electronics (USA), Inc.) where a total of two units were ordered while the unused portion of the contract under dispute was for orders of more than 200 machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Did the American PC-8801 use the same case as the Japanese original, or was it redesigned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) On 1/30/2023 at 4:38 PM, Krebizfan said: Note I did find a lawsuit that involved the PC-8000 (Integrated Micro Systems, Inc. v. NEC Home Electronics (USA), Inc.) where a total of two units were ordered while the unused portion of the contract under dispute was for orders of more than 200 machines. Georgia Court of Appeal, 1985: 174 Ga. App. 197, 329 S.E.2d 554 Quote Procedural Posture Plaintiff seller brought an action against defendants, distributor and buyer, claiming tortious interference with contractual relations, breach of contract, and tortious interference with business relations. The distributor and buyer filed a motion for summary judgment, which was granted by the Fulton Superior Court (Georgia). The seller appealed. Overview The seller, who engaged in the sales and service of computers, entered into an agreement with the distributor and became an authorized dealer of the distributor's equipment. The buyer entered into a contract agreement for sales with the seller. Thereafter, the distributor sold computers directly to the buyer as a "value added" dealer. The lower court found that the seller/buyer agreement was not a requirements contract and that neither that agreement nor the dealer agreement between the seller and the distributor and could be the subjects of an action for tortious interference with contractual relations or for breach of contract. The court affirmed the judgment in part and reversed it in part. Summary judgment was properly entered on the claims for breach of contract and tortious interference with contractual relations. The seller's claim for tortious interference with business relations was not amenable to summary adjudication. The evidence was not dispositive of whether the distributor's actions during and subsequent to the seller's negotiations with the buyer amounted to a waiver of the dealer agreement provisions barring the seller from sales to customers such as the buyer. Outcome The court affirmed the grant of summary judgment in part and reversed it in part. Edited February 6 by jhd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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