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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/NOTEBOOK/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
- DATE
- 1983
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1238.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Shinshu Seiki Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- EPSON HX-20
- LOCATION
- Japan
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General Information
- Serial #
- 14996
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 11
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYS, CONTROLS, SCREEN/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ RUBBER FEET/ SYNTHETIC CARRYING CASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.2 cm
- Width
- 21.6 cm
- Height
- 4.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital computing devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Epson
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1983-1988
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A SMALL PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH A KEYBOARD & SCREEN, MICRO CASSETTE DRIVE, & PRINTER. IT IS A PROGRAMMABLE NOTEBOOK TYPE COMPUTER, RUNNING 'BASIC' PROGRAMS & WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE PACKAGE 'SKIWRITER' & HAS PORTS FOR RS232 & SERIAL COMMUNICATION, & CW A CIRCUIT BOARD & CABLE ENABLING IT TO BE USED WITH A LARGER PRINTER. - Technical
-
THE EPSON HX-20 WAS THE FIRST LAPTOP OR NOTEBOOK STYLE MICROCOMPUTER, INTRODUCED IN 1981. IT HAD A SHORT LIVED MICROCASSETTE DRIVE, A PRINTER FOR PROGRAM/DATA LISTING, & 20 CHARACTER BY 4 LINE LCD SCREEN. THE BUILT-IN SOFTWARE & SMALL DISPLAY MADE THE HX-20 ONLY MARGINALLY USEFUL. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL ON UNDERSIDE READS 'EPSON PORTABLE COMPUTER/ MODEL HX-20/ CODE AA/ SERIAL NO. 014996/ RATING DC 4.8V 400mA/ POWER SOURCE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES/ CHARGE INPUT DC 6V 200 mA/ CHARGING TIME 8 HOURS' & 'SHINSHU SEIKI CO. LTD./ MADE IN JAPAN'/ CASING MARKED IN BLACK 'EPSON HX-20', WITH WHITE KEY LETTERINGS & BLACK CONTROL FUNCTION MARKINGS/ DECAL ON DRIVE READS 'EPSON MICROCASSETTE DRIVE/ MODEL H20MC/ CODE 1A/ SERIAL NO. 530251/ EPSON CORPORATION/ MADE IN JAPAN'/ SYNTHETIC PLATE ON CARRYING CASE READS IN SILVER 'EPSON'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BEIGE CASING WITH GREY/ BROWN & RED KEYS & CONTROLS/ CLEAR PLASTIC SCREEN, DRIVE, & PRINTER COVERS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Shinshu Seiki Co. Ltd., Computer, 1983, Artifact no. 1992.1238, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1238.001/
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