EPSON HC-41 mystery solved...

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Fri Feb 2 11:20:13 2001

If necessary, Sellam could use his free lathe to manufacture any needed
metal burrs for the PF.

On the -20 Epsons (and presumably the -40?), the HC-20 was the original
Japanese model, and the HX-20 was the model that was downgraded for the US
market (ROMs, Keyboard, and case color)

--
Grumpy Ol' Fred        cisin_at_xenosoft.com
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Sue & Francois wrote:
> Do you remember if it was coupled with a PF-10 floppy disk drive? I got mine
> at the same time but I don't know if it was part of the original CNC
> package. The PF is not full of metal burrs like the HC-41.
> Francois
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: EPSON HC-41 mystery solved...
> 
> 
> > On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Sue & Francois wrote:
> >
> > > I got today an EPSON HX-40. it looks exactly like the HC-41 that I've
> > > been wondering about. It seems like the hc-41 is a OEM'd version of
> > > the HX-40 with a different keyboard. The HC-41 I have was used to
> > > control a CNC machine of some sort.
> >
> > The only time I've ever seen an HC-41 was as the contoller for a CNC
> > lathe.  I asked the proprietor of the surplus shop if I could buy the
> > HC-41 separately, and he said sure, buy it for $(whatever the price of the
> > lathe was) and I could get a free lathe with it.
> >
> > Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer
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