---
title: Panasonic Senior Partner
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Transportable
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1983'
cpus:
- Intel 8088
params:
  name: Senior Partner
  image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_2.jpg
  company: /companies/panasonic
  company_name: Panasonic
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Senior Partner
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Panasonic
  - label: TYPE
    value: Transportable
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: ? 1983
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Full-stroke QWERTY keyboard with numeric keypad and function keys
  - label: CPU
    value: Intel 8088
  - label: SPEED
    value: 4.77 Mhz
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: optional 8087 mathematic co-processor
  - label: RAM
    value: 128 kb (512k max.)
  - label: ROM
    value: 16 kb
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 80 x 25
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: CGA graphics :320 x 200 (4 colors), 640 x 200 (2 colors)
  - label: COLORS
    value: Monochrom (built-in 9 inch CRT green display) and 4 colors (CGA) with external monitor
  - label: SOUND
    value: Beeper ?
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: 14 kg
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Serial/RS232c, Centronics/Parallel, 1 x ISA expansion slot, RAM expansion slot, RGB monitor ouput
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: |-
      Model RL-H7000 : 1 x 360k floppy + optional second floppy\
      Model RL-H7000W : 2 x 360k floppy drives
  - label: OS
    value: MS-DOS 2.0A
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in PSU. Doesn't work with any fuse less than 20 Amp !...
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: Hard-disk
  - label: PRICE
    value: $2495 (USA, november 1983)
  tabs:
  - photos
  - adverts
  - software
  forum_thread: 492
  photos:
  - title: SENIOR PARTNER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_1.jpg
  - title: BUILT-IN PRINTER
    subtitle: ''
    text: This thermal printer uses paper-rolls and can print on 80 or 132 columns (8.5'' wide).
    image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_printer.jpg
  - title: DIRECTORY PRINTING
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_printing.jpg
  - title: CLOSED
    subtitle: ''
    text: Once closed the Senior Partner can be easily...err well...transported ?!
    image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_closed.jpg
  - title: REAR
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      Once the door is opened it reveals several connectors and some room to store the power cord.

      From left to right :\
      \- RS232c\
      \- Parallel/Printer\
      \- RGB video out (CGA)\
      \- Power plug\
      \- ON/OFF switch\
      \- Fuse.
    image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_rear.jpg
  adverts:
  - title: NEW-ZEALAND ADVERT (OCT. 1985)
    subtitle: ''
    text: from Bits & Bytes magazine......
    image: null
  screenshots:
  - title: DIRECTORY LISTING
    subtitle: ''
    text: Apparently this Senior Partner has a hard-disk mounted.
    image: /media/museum/software/panasonic_senior-partner_ss1.jpg
  oc_id: 498
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040220/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=498
    date: '2023-06-04'
---

This is a luggable IBM-PC compatible system. It tends to offer an all-in-one solution for the perfect 80's business man. Back in 1983 it was the first Japanese computer completely IBM-PC compatible (hardware & software).

It has a built-in thermal printer (80/132 columns, 8.5'' wide) using paper-rolls. This was quite useful where you were on the move, but the weight of the whole system is also quite impressive. It is maybe transportable but surely not portable !\
It was also possible to connect a more sophisticated printer through the Parallel port.\
There is a 9'' CRT green display built-in along with a brightness control.\
An interesting feature is that you can also connect the Sr Partner to an external color monitor, thus unleashing the fantastic power of this ultra-modern laptop...err. Maybe not, but you can at least enjoy CGA color graphics (640 x 200 with 4 colors, wow).

Apparently there were several models with different storage configurations : one 5''1/4 disk-drive (360k), two 5''1/4 disk-drives, one disk-drive and one hard-disk (10Mb, 20Mb)...

On the original disk, the MS-DOS ver 2.0A and Basic v2.0 were delivered.

Presented at the Las-Vegas Comdex in november 1983, the Senior Partner was proposed for 2495$ with Wordstar, Visicalc, PFS-File, PFS-Graph, PFS-Report and GW-Basic.

*Panasonic, along with National and Technics were brands owned by the Matsushita japanese group.*