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130 lines
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title: Panasonic Senior Partner
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Transportable
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origins:
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- Japan
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years:
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- '1983'
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cpus:
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- Intel 8088
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params:
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name: Senior Partner
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image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_2.jpg
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company: /companies/panasonic
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company_name: Panasonic
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: Senior Partner
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Panasonic
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- label: TYPE
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value: Transportable
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Japan
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- label: YEAR
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value: ? 1983
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full-stroke QWERTY keyboard with numeric keypad and function keys
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- label: CPU
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value: Intel 8088
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- label: SPEED
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value: 4.77 Mhz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: optional 8087 mathematic co-processor
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- label: RAM
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value: 128 kb (512k max.)
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- label: ROM
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value: 16 kb
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 80 x 25
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: CGA graphics :320 x 200 (4 colors), 640 x 200 (2 colors)
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- label: COLORS
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value: Monochrom (built-in 9 inch CRT green display) and 4 colors (CGA) with external monitor
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- label: SOUND
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value: Beeper ?
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 14 kg
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Serial/RS232c, Centronics/Parallel, 1 x ISA expansion slot, RAM expansion slot, RGB monitor ouput
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: |-
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Model RL-H7000 : 1 x 360k floppy + optional second floppy\
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Model RL-H7000W : 2 x 360k floppy drives
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- label: OS
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value: MS-DOS 2.0A
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built-in PSU. Doesn't work with any fuse less than 20 Amp !...
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: Hard-disk
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- label: PRICE
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value: $2495 (USA, november 1983)
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tabs:
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- photos
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- adverts
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- software
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forum_thread: 492
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photos:
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- title: SENIOR PARTNER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_1.jpg
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- title: BUILT-IN PRINTER
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subtitle: ''
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text: This thermal printer uses paper-rolls and can print on 80 or 132 columns (8.5'' wide).
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image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_printer.jpg
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- title: DIRECTORY PRINTING
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_printing.jpg
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- title: CLOSED
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subtitle: ''
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text: Once closed the Senior Partner can be easily...err well...transported ?!
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image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_closed.jpg
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- title: REAR
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Once the door is opened it reveals several connectors and some room to store the power cord.
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From left to right :\
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\- RS232c\
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\- Parallel/Printer\
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\- RGB video out (CGA)\
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\- Power plug\
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\- ON/OFF switch\
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\- Fuse.
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image: /media/museum/photos/panasonic_senior-partner_rear.jpg
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adverts:
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- title: NEW-ZEALAND ADVERT (OCT. 1985)
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subtitle: ''
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text: from Bits & Bytes magazine......
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image: null
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screenshots:
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- title: DIRECTORY LISTING
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subtitle: ''
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text: Apparently this Senior Partner has a hard-disk mounted.
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image: /media/museum/software/panasonic_senior-partner_ss1.jpg
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oc_id: 498
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040220/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=498
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date: '2023-06-04'
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---
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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).
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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 !\
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It was also possible to connect a more sophisticated printer through the Parallel port.\
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There is a 9'' CRT green display built-in along with a brightness control.\
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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).
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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)...
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On the original disk, the MS-DOS ver 2.0A and Basic v2.0 were delivered.
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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.
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*Panasonic, along with National and Technics were brands owned by the Matsushita japanese group.*
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