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applefreak
October 8th, 2006, 12:15 PM
it's ebay time

i won a Epson HX-20, in working condition

downloaded already the manuals and specifications

i shall have to learn working with it

http://idisk.mac.com/lefevere/Public/EpsHX-20.jpg

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chuckcmagee
October 8th, 2006, 02:02 PM
You are at the right place! At least 5 of us own a PX-8 now and the 20 ain't much different. I cut my teeth on CP/M as did a few here.
curtis
October 8th, 2006, 04:00 PM
Looks like you picked the silver European version. It's a bit harder to find, at least on the U. S. side of the pond.

Curtis
Terry Yager
October 8th, 2006, 04:30 PM
You are at the right place! At least 5 of us own a PX-8 now and the 20 ain't much different. I cut my teeth on CP/M as did a few here.

Bzzzt! Big difference...both nice machines though (and a few here use the HX-20 too). Pm me for info on software for it (games, etc.).

--T
chuckcmagee
October 8th, 2006, 05:05 PM
hehe, just cuz the 20 has a printer?? PX-8 has wider screen, that is true.
Terry Yager
October 8th, 2006, 05:17 PM
Different hardware, different software, etc...

The HX-20 runs BASIC on a pair of 6301s, while the main CPU of the PX-8 is a Z80 (backed up by a 6301 & a 7508 sub-CPU), running CP/M.

--T
Terry Yager
October 8th, 2006, 05:40 PM
BTW, if ya want a really kewl toy, I have an extra RealVoice Text-To-Speech unit for the HX-20. Pm me for details.

--T
EvanK
October 8th, 2006, 08:01 PM
There are some really good books available:
http://tinyurl.com/mzwym
carlsson
October 10th, 2006, 12:07 PM
It looks like a German (Austrian?) sold computer - QWERTZ.
applefreak
October 10th, 2006, 12:45 PM
yes, it's a german keyboard (qwertz) and the european model