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In March 1985, NEC Home Electronics introduced the PC-8801mkIISR, which had improved graphics and sound capabilities.

The Electronic Device Sales division spun off personal computer business into NEC Home Electronics. To avoid competing with itself, NEC decided to consolidate their personal computer business into two divisions the NEC Home Electronics division dealt with the 8-bit home computer line, and the Information Processing group dealt with the 16-bit personal computer line.

NEC's Information Processing group had the PC-9800 series, and NEC Home Electronics had the PC-6000 series. īy December 1983, NEC had multiple personal computer lines coming out from different divisions. This set of PC-8800 computers sold more units than the PC-9800 series at that time. The PC-8801's direct successor, the PC-8801mkII, came with a JIS level 1 kanji font ROM, a smaller case and keyboard, and, in the models 20 and 30, one or two internal 5 1⁄ 4-inch 2D floppy disk drives. In addition to office software, companies like Enix and Koei released many popular games for the system, establishing the PC-8801 as a strong gaming platform. NEC themselves released Nihongo Word Processor ( 日本語ワードプロセッサ) which was a rebranded version of Yukara, but it was not a success.

Various companies released Japanese word processor software for the machine, such as My Letter ( マイレター), Writing ( 文筆, Bunpitsu), and Yūkara ( ユーカラ). The PC-8801 was capable of displaying Kanji characters via an optional Kanji ROM board. The division introduced the PC-8801 in November 1981, and intended to expand the personal computer market into the business world. At that time, Japanese personal computers were mostly used by hobbyists. The Microcomputer Sales Section was reformed to the Microcomputer and Application Division in June 1980, and was renamed to the Personal Computer Division in April 1981. In April 1981, Nippon Electric decided to expand personal computer lines into three groups: New Nippon Electric, Information Processing Group and Electronic Devices Group, with each specializing in a particular series. Nippon Electric's Microcomputer Sales Section of the Electronic Device Sales Division launched the PC-8001 in September 1979, and by 1981 it consisted of 40% of the Japanese personal computer market.