The Lettermate80 was a Japanese language typewriter announced in May 1980 by Oki Electric Industry. It was basically comprised of a keyboard and printer, just like a conventional Japanese typewriter. It was the compact desktop type which could be used on an ordinary office desk. Japanese language word processors were expensive at that time, so the system was called a "Japanese language electronic typewriter" based on a low-price strategy.
The main features of the unit were as follows:
- (1) Approx. 1/3-3/5 price of Japanese word processors available on the market
- (2)Compact, desktop type
- (3)Clear printing like a Japanese typewriter
- (4)The dot-impact mechanism enabled printing of 3 copies
- (5)Correction, editing and file functions adequate for word processing
- (6)The keyboard layout could be selected from the Japanese type (all character layout) or the kana type (display selection type).
- (7)In addition to the display characters, it was possible to add, create and register special characters and marks
| Lettermate8 | |||
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| Input | Keyboard layout | Pen-touch type all-character layout or display selection |
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| Provided characters | 3,320chars (kanji, alphanumeric, kana, symbols) | ||
| Output | Print mechanism | Wire dot impact | |
| Character configuration | 24x24dot matrix | ||
| Character size | 3.5mm x 3.5mm | ||
| Font | Minchotai | ||
| Print speed | 25chars/s | ||
| Print characters per line | Max. 80chars/line | ||
| Paper | B5, A4, B4, continuous paper (max. width 16inches) | ||
| Number of copies | 3 | ||
| FDD | Mini floppy disk | Approx. 50 A4 pages of memory | |
| Correction/Editing functions | Correction/Editing functions: Insert, correct, delete, apply to entire text, tab, margins, quoting commonly used phrases, merge print, subscripts, framing, centering, line end justification, underline, table generation, format variation, calls, line start/end rules etc. | ||
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| Other | Dimensions | W560mm x D570mm x H170mm | |
| Weight | Main unit: 23.6kg, Mini floppy disk: 6.5kg | ||
| Power supply | AC100V±10% | ||
| Power consumption | 230VA | ||
| Environmental conditions | Operating Temperature 10°C-35°C, Operating Humidity 30-80%RH | ||
