【NEC】 Bungo mini 5SX,Bungo mini 7SX,Bungo mini 7SD

NEC released three personal word processors — the mini 5SX, the mini 7SX, and the mini 7SD — in October 1991. The three models offered faster printing speeds and higher quality typography using 3D Bezier curves for smoother character outlines. They were also the first word processors in the industry to feature Heisei typefaces, which were specially designed for word processing devices and gave superior character balance.

The features of the three models are as follows:
  • (1)The word processors featured the Heisei (Mincho and Gothic) typeface. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry’s Agency of Industrial Science and Technology requested the Japan Standards Association’s Font Development and Promotion Center to develop the Heisei typeface specifically for word processing devices. The typeface was well balanced and easy to read in both vertical and horizontal orientations and when either expanded or condensed.
  • (2)The word processors used 3D Bezier curves for smoother looking outline fonts and a new multi-line printer with a print density of 400 dots/inch. As a result, the word processors could print beautiful text at both regular sizes and expanded sizes.
  • (3)The word processors offered faster and higher quality printing with the inclusion of a dedicated V60 processor for high-speed processing of outline fonts, a 16 MHz V33 microprocessor as the CPU, and a 160-dot multi-line printer that could print up to 2.6 lines simultaneously.
    Specifications of the Bungo mini 5SX Specifications of the Bungo mini 7SX/SD
Introduced   October 1991 October 1991
Display device Monitor Backlit, white-mode LCD monitor
40 Japanese characters x 22 lines, 16 x 16 pixels
Standard, Expanded, Condensed modes
7SD: 12-inch flat CRT monitor
7SX: Backlit, white-mode LCD monitor
40 Japanese characters x 24 lines, 16 x 16 pixels
Standard and Condensed modes
Entry devices Keyboard JIS JIS
Entry modes AI conversion / Clause-level conversion (selectable) AI conversion / Clause-level conversion (selectable)
Dictionaries
Standard
AI
User

~200,000 words ~70,000 words ~600 words

~200,000 words ~70,000 words ~2,400 words
Built-in characters
Extended characters
1990 JIS Level 1 and Level 2 characters
10 characters (storable on floppy disk)
1990 JIS Level 1 and Level 2 characters
94 characters (storable on floppy disk)
Storage devices Internal
External
Other
30 / 20 pages (1000 characters / page)
One 3.5-inch floppy drive (2DD)
One memory card slot
30 / 20 pages (1000 characters / page)
Two 3.5-inch floppy drives (2DD)
One memory card slot
Printing devices Printer
Speed
Paper widths
160-dot multi-line thermal printer
Equivalent to 86 characters/second
Prepaid postcard to B4 widths (maximum 90 characters/line)
160-dot multi-line thermal printer
Equivalent to 86 characters/second
Prepaid postcard to B4 widths (maximum 90 characters/line)
Typefaces Standard Mincho / Gothic (outline fonts)
Mouhitsu (binary font)
Mincho / Gothic (outline fonts)
Mouhitsu (binary font)
Optional Maru Gothic, Kyokasho, Mouhitsu (semi-cursive) Maru Gothic, Kyokasho, Mouhitsu (semi-cursive)
Communications Communication speeds BBS connectivity BBS connectivity
Other specifications External dimensions [mm]
Weight
Power supply
Power consumption
390 x 415 x 100 (w x d x h)
7.0 kg (including the paper tray)
100 VAC
Standby: 20 W, Printing: 50 W
7SX: 390 x 412 x 106 (w x d x h)
7.8 kg (including the paper tray)
100 VAC
Standby: 20 W, Printing: 50 W
7SD: 388 x 377 x 288 (w x d x h)
14 kg
100 VAC
Standby: 45 W, Printing: 80 W

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