Epson PX-8 Geneva | TechMuseum
Year of manufacture: 1984
Technical Specifications:
- Processor: Zilog Z80, 2.45 MHz
- RAM: 64 KB
- FDD: (used microcassette instead)
- HDD: –
- Audio: speaker
- Connectors/Ports: two serial, barcode reader, expansion, speaker, analog input
- Case: portable type
- Monitor: Monochrome
- OS: CP/M
The Epson PX-8 Geneva features a Zilog Z80 processor at 2.45 MHz and memory of 64kB. Not equipped with a floppy disk but a cassette instead it ran with the operating system of the CP/M version.
Seiko Epson Corporation is an electronics company, today world’s first printers and information manufacturer. Since the foundation, back in 1942, the company was involved in many divisions. Alongside subsidiaries it produces desktop computers, projectors, watches, robots and sensing systems.
In the personal computer division, Seiko met a grand success with the innovation that introduced to consumers. Back in 1980, the corporation released the first true laptop, the HX-20 that was hailed as the fourth revolution in personal computing. Truthfully, not all models met the same commercial success. For example, the PX-8 Geneva compared to other strong rivals featuring medium specifications, was in the shadows of the infamous TRS-80 Model 100.
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