HP 95LX
1991 personal digital assistant from Hewlett Packard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The HP 95LX Palmtop PC (F1000A, F1010A), also known as project Jaguar,[8] is Hewlett Packard's first DOS-based pocket computer, or personal digital assistant, introduced in April 1991 in collaboration with Lotus Development Corporation. The abbreviation "LX" stood for "Lotus Expandable".[9] The computer can be seen as successor to a series of larger portable PCs like the HP 110 and HP 110 Plus.
Like most pocket computers, the HP 95LX owner's manual is larger and heavier than the computer itself. | |
| Also known as | Jaguar |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Hewlett-Packard[1] |
| Type | Palmtop PC |
| Release date | April 1991[2] |
| Introductory price | US$550 (equivalent to $1,270 in 2024) |
| Discontinued | 1 January 2003 |
| Units shipped | 400,000 (estimated production run) |
| Operating system | MS-DOS 3.22[3] |
| CPU | NEC V20 @ 5.37 MHz |
| Memory | 512 KB (F1000A) or 1 MB (F1010A)[4] |
| Removable storage | SRAM card (0.5 MB – 32 MB) |
| Display | 40 × 16 characters LCD screen (4.8 inch × 1.8 inch) |
| Graphics | 240 × 128 pixels (quarter-CGA resolution) monochrome STN, 2 scales |
| Sound | PC speaker (piezo) |
| Input | Thumb keyboard with 80 keys and a dedicated numeric keypad[5][6]: 76 [7] |
| Connectivity | RS-232-compatible serial port, infrared port, PCMCIA 1.0 type II (3.3 mm or 5 mm) |
| Power | 2× AA-size removable batteries, 1× CR2032 coin cell backup, optional AC adapter |
| Dimensions | Length 8.5 cm, width 15.9 cm, height 2.6 cm (3.4 inches × 6.3 inches × 1 inch)[5] |
| Weight | 312 g (11 ounces) |
| Backward compatibility | Intel 8088 |
| Successor | HP 100LX |
Hardware
HP 95LX has an Intel 8088-clone NEC V20 CPU running at 5.37 MHz with an Intel system on a chip (SoC) device. It cannot be considered completely PC-compatible because of its quarter-CGA (MDA)-resolution LCD screen.[10]
The device includes a CR2032 lithium coin cell for memory backup when the two AA main batteries run out. For mass storage, HP 95LX has a single PCMCIA slot which can hold a static RAM card with its own CR2025 back-up coin cell. An RS-232-compatible serial port is provided, as well as an infrared port for printing on compatible models of Hewlett Packard printers.[3]
Display
In character mode, the display shows 16 lines of 40 characters, and has no backlight. While most IBM-compatible PCs work with a hardware code page 437, HP 95LX's text mode font is hard-wired to code page 850 instead.[3] Lotus 1-2-3 internally used the Lotus International Character Set (LICS), but characters are translated to code page 850 for display and printing purposes.[3]
Software
The palmtop runs MS-DOS 3.22[3] and has a customized version of Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.2 built in.[6]: 72 [11] Other software in read-only memory (ROM) includes a calculator, an appointment calendar, a telecommunications program, and a simple text editor.
Successors
Successor models to HP 95LX include HP 100LX, HP Palmtop FX, HP 200LX, HP 1000CX, and HP OmniGo 700LX.
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