On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Doug Salot wrote:
> I'm trying to find some info about the LK-3000, an early hand-held
> "computer". I think it was made by Nixdorf around 1979, but it was also
> sold under other labels (I think I've got a "Lexicon" labeled instance
> someplace).
The earliest copyright date I've found on the literature accompanying the
plug-in carthridges is 1976 (or 1975...can't remember for sure).
> Can anybody tell me what modules were available? Was there a module that
> made the thing user programmable, for example?
I have the following language modules:
English-Spanish
English-French
English-German
English-Arabic
English-Italian
And the Calculator module. I've heard before that there was also a
Computer module but this is entirely uncomfirmed.
> Assuming the LK-3000 isn't user programmable, would anybody take offense
> at somebody calling it the first PDA?
I've always considered it such.
I'll expect a full report at VCF 4.0 :)
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Received on Sat Jun 03 2000 - 16:10:06 BST