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PC-98 Bus Connector

NEC PC-98 is the Japanese PC standard with a proprietary C-Bus expansion connector, used in NEC PC-9801 and PC-9821 computers from 1982 to 2003 for graphics cards, sound cards, and modems.

// Specifications
Standard
NEC C-Bus PC-98
Data Bus
16-bit
Speed
8 MHz
Status
Obsolete Japan market
Use Case
NEC PC-9801 PC-9821 expansion cards
Signals
8/16-bit data 24-bit address IRQ DMA
// Pin Reference Table
Pin Name Function Type
1 MASTER Bus master request I/O
2 GND Ground GND
3 +5V 5V power PWR
4 IRQ3 Interrupt request 3 I/O
5 D0 Data bit 0 I/O
16 D15 Data bit 15 I/O
17 A0 Address bit 0 I/O