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The HX-20 (also known as the HC-20) is an early laptop released by Seiko Epson in July 1982. It was the first notebook-sized portable computer, [4][5] occupying roughly the footprint of an A4 notebook while being lightweight enough to hold comfortably with one hand at 1.6 kilograms (3.5 lb) and small enough to fit inside an average briefcase. [6]
The Epson HX-20 (also known as the HC-20 in Japan) is regarded by some as the first laptop computer. It was invented in 1980 by Yukio Yokozawa, who worked for Suwa Seikosha, a branch of Japanese company Seiko (now Seiko Epson), receiving a patent for the invention.
The world's first hand-held computer, the HX-20 (called the HC-20 in Japan), was created by bringing together Epson's* core technologies. Incorporating a multitude of functions in a body with an A4 footprint, the computer weighed a mere 1.6 kg.
Introduced at the 1981 COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas, the Epson HX-20 drew great attention as the beginning of a new trend - powerful, battery-operated, briefcase-sized computers.
The Epson HX-20is unlike any product ever built, combining the power and usefulness of a desktop computer with the port-ability of a pocket calculator. It’s a go-anywhere, do-anything system designed from the start to beuser-friendly- which means you don’t have to know anything about comput-ers to use it. Powered by its own
The HX-20 (also known as the HC-20) is an early laptop released by Seiko Epson in July 1982. It was the first notebook-sized portable computer, occupying roughly the footprint of an A4 notebook while being lightweight enough to hold comfortably with one hand at 1.6 kilograms (3.5 lb) and small enoug.
The world's first hand-held computer, the HX-20 (called the HC-20 in Japan), was created by bringing together Epson's* high-density assembly technologies and core technologies in areas such as semiconductors, printers, and liquid crystal displays.
Superbly designed and engineered, the Epson HX20 can be considered as the first true portable computer. It was the only package available at the time which included a micro cassette drive, a mini-printer and a LCD display.
The HX-20 was the world's first production laptop computer. Since it was manufactured by Epson, it is not surprising that this machine included a built-in printer, even though that was unusual for a computer of this era, particularly one so small.
Released in 1981 the Epson HX-20 was one of these units that could maybe claim the title of the first laptop. The hardware for its time was innovative! Its tiny screen 120 x 32 pixel LCD screen wasn't really up to word processing but there was a full 16K 8-bit computer there under the hood.