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