In February 1990, NEC marketed the Bungou mini5RD, equipped with a 40 character x 22 line large black and white liquid crystal display with backlight.
The main features of this product were as follows:
1) It employed a large easy-to-read black and white 40 character x 22 line liquid crystal display with backlight. With dimensions of 144mm (height) x 230mm (width), the screen was large for a laptop personal word processor at that time, and this made the display screen easier to read.
2) Internal memory capacity was 30 pages (at 1,000 characters/page), which was large for a laptop personal word processor, and this made it easier to edit large documents like academic papers and plans.
3) It employed a 128dot multi-line printer, thus enabling beautiful printout of enlarged characters, images and other data extending over multiple lines.
| Announcement | February 1990 | ||
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| Display | Display | White mode liquid crystal with backlight (640x400 dot) 40char x 22line (16x16dot) 80char x 30line (8x8 dot reduced display) 20char x 8line (32x32dot enlarged display) |
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| Input | Keyboard | JIS, Japanese "50 sounds" | |
| Input system | AI conversion/continuous clause conversion (200char/40clause), partial enter, kana, romaji, JIS, Japanese "50 sounds" | ||
| Dictionary | Basic words | 76,000 | |
| Other | 78,000 | ||
| User words | 600 (assuming 2 Chinese characters per word, and 3 letters for reading) | ||
| Built-in characters | JIS level 1, 2 (ROM) (7,375char) | ||
| External characters | 10char/document (250char could be stored in FD), 128 external sample characters |
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| Memory | Internal | 30/20page (1,000char/page) (Note 1) | |
| External | 3.5inch (2DD) x1 2DD: Max. 192pages/FD, Max. 60 documents/FD |
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| Printing | Printer | 128dot multi-line thermal transfer system | |
| Speed | Equivalent to 52cps | ||
| Paper width | Postcard Å`B4width, Max. 88char/line (with 10.5p), ribbon end detection | ||
| Font | Basic | Minchotai, multifont (character units), multipoint (line units), 5P (24x24dot), 7P (32x32dot), 10.5P (48x48dot), 12P (54x54dot) | |
| Optional | Gothic, brushstroke | ||
| Communication | Communication method | BBS connection, cross-communication (between machines in the mini5 Series) | |
| Communication speed | (PC-VAN connection) 300/1,200/2,400bps (Cross-communication) 150--9,600bps |
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| Equipment specifications | Dimensions (mm) | 368Wx384Dx114H | |
| Weight | 6.8kg | ||
| Power supply | AC100V±10%(50/60Hz) | ||
| Power consumption | 30.0W during standby, 55.0W during printing | ||
Note 1: Image and communication features could not be used when set to 30 page mode.
