Epson HX-20

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Tue Mar 10 08:16:10 1998

Doug,

  I'll let you know if he decides to sell. I think he's considering it.
These are NICE units. They were used as controllers in some kind of
survielence (sp?) systems so they were enclosed inside of another unit and
have never been handled and they look like new.

  The technical reference manuals sound interesting. How big are they? I
might get one just to add to my documentation library.

   Is there a command to show the amount of memory in the HX-20? I'll try
it with and without the expansion unit connected and see what they do. BTW
is it normal for the HX-20 to turn on and show a menu for: 1) Monitor 2)
BASIC ? That's what these do. Do you have any user documentation for the
monitor and BASIC for the HX-20?

    Joe

At 11:57 PM 3/9/98 -0600, you wrote:
>On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Joe wrote:
>
>> I don't have them for sale. They belong to a friend of mine. If he
>> decides to sell one, I'll let you know. Do they need a special tape or
>> will a standard audio tape work in them? What's the expansion unit?
>
>Thanks, Joe, I would like to buy one, so let me know if he sells. I don't
>know much about the HX-20, but I think the expansion unit was memory
>expansion (from 16K to 32K?). I've talked to somebody that used to sell
>these things as a dealer, and he still has the technical reference manual,
>so if we become HX-20 owners, I'll see if I can at least get photocopies
>of the tech ref.
>
>BTW, I saw an Epson HC-41 today. I think the HX-20 and HX-40 were sold in
>Japan as the HC-20 and HC-40 (which was also called the PX-4, I think).
>I've never heard of an HC-41 before today, but it looked sort of like an
>HX-20 except it had chicklet keys and a non-QWERTY layout. It was
>attached by ribbon cable to a rather large machine; the tiny Epson and
>large machine it controlled where being sold as a matched set for $250.
>
>-- Doug
>
>
Received on Tue Mar 10 1998 - 08:16:10 GMT