NEC System 50??

[NicolasF]

Hi, I met a guy who is selling an old computer called NEC System 50. I couldn't find much information about it. Does anyone think it's worth to buy it? for what I've been looking it seems it used 8 inch floppys.

 

[Chuck(G)]

From what I can determine, the System 50 came in several flavors. It used the NEC uCOM-1600 CPU, a 16-bit CPU that was quite remarkable for the time of its introduction (1978 ) and used across a fairly wide line of NEC small business computers.

The unit is going to take some space and is probably quite heavy to transport. If it comes with software, it might be fun to have, as these systems weren't well-known outside of Japan.