Epson PX-8 Geneva

RS -232, a proprietary serial bus

The Epson PX -8 was a laptop computer the company Epson, which came on the market in 1984. The computer was equipped with a small LCD that could display 80 characters each in eight lines. The operating system of the Epson was at that time still widely used CP / M ( in version 2.2). In addition, the computer in the ROM offered the BASIC programming language.

The computer was sold as a portable business computer with its stored on a single ROM programs, such as word processing ( WordStar ), spreadsheet ( Calc Portable ), and appointment management (Portable Scheduler ) business people an appropriate work equipment offered.

Technical Details

  • Processor: Toshiba TMPZ84C00P -3 ( CMOS Z80 ), 2.45 MHz, Hitachi 6303 I / O processor (Motorola 6800 family)
  • RAM: 64K
  • ROM: 32K
  • Memory: Built- Mikrocassette, optional external 3.5 "floppy drive
  • Video: 480 × 64 pixel LCD screen
  • Interfaces: RS -232, a proprietary serial bus
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