Iggy Drougge said;

> NEC's own pages seem to suggest that they are even still being sold.

It's a matter of budget spending.  The only reason they keep the name on
list is some models were incidentally good in sales at public/government
sector and it's impossible for the company to get rid of  hardwares before
the entire systems are replaced by modern technologies. 

Toru Nishimura/ALKYL Technology