Epson PC-386 Note A - A Japanese PC-98 Compatible Laptop from 1990
*WIP* My first experience of PC-9800 ( PC-9800シリーズ ) hardware, I won this on a popular auction site. After watching it for literally months, it kept being relisted, over and over again. I made an offer on the item and came to an arrangement with the seller who had imported it from Japan to the UK as a project machine, with no time to spend on it. The Epson PC-386 Note A, released in 1990: - i386 16Mhz (switchable between 10Mhz and 6Mhz) - 640k 0ws RAM - Display Side-lit FTN type white LCD 640x400 dots 8 levels (switchable to 2 levels) - Floppy disk (unusual 640k / 1.2m 2 mode) - 120MB Hard disk - External expansion connector Expansion bus (with RGB output) 110-pin type - Sound function Beep sound Full specs can be found here: https://www.pc-9800.net/db_epson/data/pc-386na.htm I will be posting my experience and updates on this laptop, restoration and modification. First of all, here's the low down: The PSU is Japanese, I'd need a voltage converter to use UK mains, but quickl