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Panasonic Senior Partner

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Senior Partner

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NAME	Senior Partner

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MANUFACTURER	Panasonic

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TYPE	Transportable

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ORIGIN	Japan

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YEAR	? 1983

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KEYBOARD	Full-stroke QWERTY keyboard with numeric keypad and function keys

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CPU	Intel 8088

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SPEED	4.77 Mhz

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CO-PROCESSOR	optional 8087 mathematic co-processor

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RAM	128 kb (512k max.)

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ROM	16 kb

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TEXT MODES	80 x 25

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GRAPHIC MODES	CGA graphics :320 x 200 (4 colors), 640 x 200 (2 colors)

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COLORS	Monochrom (built-in 9 inch CRT green display) and 4 colors (CGA) with external monitor

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SOUND	Beeper ?

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SIZE / WEIGHT	14 kg

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I/O PORTS	Serial/RS232c, Centronics/Parallel, 1 x ISA expansion slot, RAM expansion slot, RGB monitor ouput

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BUILT IN MEDIA	Model RL-H7000 : 1 x 360k floppy + optional second floppy\ Model RL-H7000W : 2 x 360k floppy drives

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OS	MS-DOS 2.0A

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POWER SUPPLY	Built-in PSU. Doesn't work with any fuse less than 20 Amp !...

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PERIPHERALS	Hard-disk

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PRICE	$2495 (USA, november 1983)

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SENIOR PARTNER			/media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_1.jpg

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BUILT-IN PRINTER		This thermal printer uses paper-rolls and can print on 80 or 132 columns (8.5'' wide).	/media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_printer.jpg

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DIRECTORY PRINTING			/media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_printing.jpg

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CLOSED		Once closed the Senior Partner can be easily...err well...transported ?!	/media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_closed.jpg

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REAR		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.	/media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_rear.jpg

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NEW-ZEALAND ADVERT (OCT. 1985)		from Bits & Bytes magazine......	null

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DIRECTORY LISTING		Apparently this Senior Partner has a hard-disk mounted.	/media/museum/software/panasonic_senior-partner_ss1.jpg

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040220/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=498	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.

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