The platform established NEC's dominance in the Japanese personal computer market, and, by 1999, more than 18 million units had been sold. The PC-9800 series ( Japanese: PC-9800シリーズ, Hepburn: Pī Shī Kyūsen Happyaku Shirīzu), commonly shortened to PC-98 or 98 ( キューハチ, Kyū-hachi ), is a lineup of Japanese 16-bit and 32-bit personal computers manufactured by NEC from 1982 to 2000.
