The HX-20 (also known as the HC-20) is an early laptop released by Seiko Epson in July 1982. It was the first notebook-sized portable computer, occupying...
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Seiki officially named itself the Epson Corporation and launched the world's first handheld computer, the HX-20 (HC-20), and in May 1983, the world's first...
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History of laptops (section Epson HX-20)
computing was announced in 1981 and sold from July 1982, the 8/16-bit Epson HX-20. It featured a full-transit 68-key keyboard, rechargeable nickel-cadmium...
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The Epson PX-4 (HC-40 or HX-40) is a portable CP/M based computer introduced in 1985. The screen was 40×8 characters physical, but 80×25 or 40×50 virtual...
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disappointment of the Epson HX-20, the Geneva PX-8 represents a giant improvement. It is, at this time, the most powerful 8-bit portable available". EPSON PX-8 User's...
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increased rapidly. The first "laptop-sized notebook computer" was the Epson HX-20, invented (patented) by Suwa Seikosha's Yukio Yokozawa in July 1980,...
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slab-like portable computers that had a letter-paper footprint, such as Epson's HX-20 and Tandy's TRS-80 Model 100 of the early 1980s. The popularity of this...
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oldcomputers.net "Radio Shack TRS-80 Pocket Computer". 090508 oldcomputers.net "Epson HX-20 computer". 090508 oldcomputers.net "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum"....
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"luggable" computer when compared to those later "laptop" designs such as the Epson HX-20. The Osborne 1 was described as "a cross between a World War II field...
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themselves are expensive. Notebook computers such as the TRS-80 Model 100 and Epson HX-20 had roughly the plan dimensions of a sheet of typing paper (ANSI A or...
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docks" — a more transportable version of the classic docking station. The Epson HX-20, released in 1982, was the first portable computer to be classified by...
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seems likely this is what is also the basis for the Microsoft/Epson BASIC in the Epson HX-20 portable computer, which has two Hitachi 6301 CPUs, which are...
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HC-20 in Japan, was announced in 1981. In North America, Epson introduced it as the Epson HX-20 in 1981, at the COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas, where...
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HC-20 in Japan, was announced in 1981. In North America, Epson introduced it as the Epson HX-20 in 1981, at the COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas, where...
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One service. 1982: The first laptop computer is launched, the 8/16-bit Epson HX-20. 1983: Stereolithography is invented by Chuck Hull. 1984: The first commercially...
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that could be tilted towards the user.: 53 The earlier and smaller Epson HX-20 of 1982 used a much smaller LCD display, four lines of twenty characters...
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Blitz (video game) (category VIC-20 games)
Taylor later produced versions for the Commodore 64, Commodore 16, and Epson HX-20 portable computer. Mastertronic later sold the game as the budget-priced...
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was a series of notebook-sized laptops developed by Epson America in 1993. The series was Epson's answer to the small businesses and home office market...
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computer emerged as a size category of portable computer starting with Epson's HX-20 in 1982. It was further popularized by Radio Shack's TRS-80 Model 100...
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computer emerged as a size category of portable computer starting with Epson's HX-20 in 1982. It was further popularized by Radio Shack's TRS-80 Model 100...
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2022. Ramsey, David (September 1983). "Epson's HX-20 and Texas Instruments' CC-40". BYTE. p. 193. Retrieved 20 October 2013. Devlin, Joe (August 1983)...
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Memory Stick (section Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX)
third-party companies include Sharp's MP3 players, Alpine's in-dash players, and Epson's printers. Initially the format had a lukewarm reception, but it soon increased...
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computer business in 1997. CTX Taiwan EzNote Epson Japan ActionNote, Endeavor, HX-20, PX-4, PX-8 Geneva Epson exited the personal computer business in the...
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original on October 3, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2017. "Epson Equity 1e". ancientelectronics. justinwt. 20 December 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2017. "PC1512 and...
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Tandy/Radio Shack CGP-115 /..; made by ALPS [..] 20, 40 and 80-column modes "The Texas Instruments HX-1000 Printer/Plotter Photos". Hexbus.com. Other printer...
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and TT series), audio cassette decks (top level GX and TFL, mid level TC, HX and CS series), amplifiers (AM and TA series), microphones, receivers, turntables...
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system just like the desktop machines followed with Epson PX-8 Geneva in 1984, and in 1985 the Epson PX-4 and Bondwell-2. While the laptop market in subsequent...
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company's only other contemporary competitor in this segment was Epson and their HX-20. Teleram went public in mid-1983, filing its initial public offering...
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November 1994. Retrieved 9 October 2020. "Inside a Yamaha DX9". 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2020-11-02. "OPS". 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2020-11-02. "Yamaha TX816...
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Sigma (crop factor 1.35) 370 mm2 area APS-C crop factor 1.5 format from Epson, Samsung NX, Konica Minolta. 286 mm2 area Foveon X3 format used in Sigma...
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