---
title: Hewlett Packard HP-200LX
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Pocket
origins:
- U.S.A.
years:
- '1994'
params:
  name: HP-200LX
  image: /media/museum/photos/hp_200lx_system_s1.jpg
  company: /companies/hewlett-packard
  company_name: Hewlett Packard
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: HP-200LX
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Hewlett Packard
  - label: TYPE
    value: Pocket
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: U.S.A.
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1994'
  - label: END OF PRODUCTION
    value: Late 1999
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Personal Information Manager System, Quicken, Lotus
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Miniature 80-key qwerty keyboard including dedicated PIM
  - label: CPU
    value: Intel Hornet - computer-on-a-chip based on 80186
  - label: SPEED
    value: 7.91MHz
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: None
  - label: RAM
    value: 1MB / 2MB / 4MB (upgradable to 64MB with 3rd party solutions)
  - label: ROM
    value: 3MB
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 80 columns x 25 lines
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: 640 x 200 dots
  - label: COLORS
    value: Black & white LCD / CGA emulated video controller
  - label: SOUND
    value: Multi-octave beeper
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: 160 (W) x 85 (D) x 26 (H) mm (6 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 1 inch) / < 1 pound
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: IR port, Power, Serial, PCMCIA 2.0 type II
  - label: OS
    value: DOS 5.0 (in ROM)
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: 2xAA batteries / coin-cell for RAM-disk backup
  - label: PRICE
    value: $695
  tabs:
  - photos
  - links
  forum_thread: 1058
  photos:
  - title: LARGE VIEW
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/hp_200lx_system_s2.jpg
  - title: CLOSED
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/hp_200lx_closed_s1.jpg
  - title: MOTHERBOARD
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      Left: The bottom of the motherboard, with the Intel Hornet CPU.\
      Right: The top of the motherboard, with the 2 RAM chips and 2 ROM chips\
      A PCMCIA card is next to the motherboard, to give an idea of the size.
    image: /media/museum/photos/hp_200lx_mainboard_s1.jpg
  links:
  - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
    url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
    text: ''
  related:
  - /museum/hewlett-packard-hp-65
  oc_id: 1088
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230512142855/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1088
    date: '2023-05-12'
---

It was either a PC-XT you can fit in your hand, or a "PDA" that also happened to run countless DOS programs.

The PIM software was very powerful and comprehensive, included the usual address Book, Appointments, and Notepad / Memo capabilities, as well as a Database program. Plus, Pocket Quicken, Lotus 123, and cc:Mail. Also has a "Filer" program for file management, LapLink to connect with a desktop system for file transfer, and a Data Comm program for connecting to online services, and more!

Because it ran MS DOS 5.0 and had the architecture of a PC-XT with a CGA graphics adaptor, it was able to run almost any DOS software which would run on a similar desktop system.

Using a PCMCIA flash-memory card in lieu of a hard-drive allowed limitless storage space. System Memory was divided between normal RAM and a RAM-disk which became your C:\\ drive. The 2MB model gave you 640 KB system Ram and about 1400 KB of C: drive.

The keyboard was a little small for touch-typing, but it could be done. Keys had a slight tactile click to them. The IR port was not IRDA, being an older HP IR format instead. The Serial port was standard RS-232 signals but was a small non-standard 10-pin design. The pins 1-9 had the same assignments as a 9-pin serial port, the 10th being shell ground.

The 200LX was third in a series, the **HP-95LX** was first but had much more limited features, the **HP-100LX** was second and was almost identical, except was lacking some of the more-advanced PIM software. There was also the **HP-1000CX** which was identical to the 200LX except it had no PIM software at all, it was strictly a DOS 5.0 palmtop.

Thanks to **Stephanie Maks** for information and pictures.