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