YEAR: 1984
INITIAL PRICE: $ 2599, $6,668 in 2019
The Sanyo MBC-775 was the first portable PC compatible to include a built-in 9 inch color monitor. Instead of the standard 4.77 MHz 8088 microprocessor found in most IBM PC compatibles at that time, Sanyo uses 8088-2, a turbocharged version operating at a fast 8 MHz! Read in full here.
Hardware Features:
- 256K RAM expandable to 640K ROM
- 16K of video RAM
- two 360K 5.25″ floppy drives
- Centronics parallel port, and two expansion slot
- supports 8087-2 numeric co-processor
- built-in 9″ RGB, 16 colors, resolution is 25 lines of 80 characters, and graphics resolution is 320 X 200 pixels in four colors and 640 X 200 pixesl in two colors (black and white)
Software Features:
Sanyo bundles MS-DOS 2.11, GW Basic, and three software packages–Easy Writer II word processor system with EasyMailer II mail merge, EasyPlanner spreadsheet, and EasyFiler file management system–with the MBC-775.
SANYO MBC-775 
SANYO MBC-775 
SANYO MBC-775 left, TRS80 Portable P4 middle, Compaq P[ortable III on right 
SANYO MBC-775 with a Compaq Diagnostic Disk 
SANYO MBC-775 
SANYO MBC-775 running NC 16bit 
SANYO MBC-775 Front 
Playing Space Invaders on my SANYO MBC-775
This computer came in a bad shape and restoring it was the hardest projects I ever completed.
See restoration here.
Also, thank you 8 BIT Guy for making my page popular 🙂
The X86 Generation 
hi, nice article and great job the restoration. I’ve got another one and in good condition too (still working and operational). But I’m not sure if it’s a MBC-775. It looks the same but no number on the front (like on your pic) just an MBC-7 on the product ID tag. Is this something different?
There’s a switch from 4.77 to 8 MHz and everything else is equal. It’s a german product. You can see it on the plug and a “BUNDESPOST” seal of approval sticker from earlier times.
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