Based on the success of the Sharp MZ and NEC PC-8000 series, it was an attempt by Matsushita to enter the personal computer market.
"[12] A version of the JR-200 called the Panasonic JR-200U was developed for the North American and European markets and was announced in January 1983.
[15] Specifications: A handheld model called JR-800 was launched in 1983 with a price of 128,000 yen,[16] but it was not compatible with the previous JR computers.
[5] It was based around a Hitachi HD63A01V CPU[17] (MC6801 compatible) running at 4.9152 MHz, with 16 KB of RAM, and featured a 192 × 64 pixel LCD screen.
[18] Specifications: The table below shows the semigraphics character set available on the Matsushita JR series, as shown on the operations manual.