The PC-98 was made with office work in mind and corners had to be cut to make this machine more affordable, which was especially evident in the slow speed of its framebuffer. They were not released or marketed outside of Japan, besides few attempts such as APC-III and PC-9801FC. In fact, the introduction of a native Japanese version of standard MS-DOS in the early 90s and subsequent entry of cheaper foreign IBM clones in the Japanese market was the nail in the coffin for the PC-98. Some PC-98 software may work on an IBM or vice versa, but this is very YMMV. Despite using Intel x86 chips, MS-DOS and Windows OS, and many other superficial similarities, the series is not IBM compatible. The NEC PC-9800, also known as the PC-98, were a family of computers made by NEC throughout 1982 to 2000.
