In February 1992, NEC released the Bungo mini 5Si, an A4-file-sized (335 x 282 x 65 mm) personal word processor that weighed just 3.6 kg. It was positioned as a smaller version of NEC’s laptop word processor.
- The features of the Bungo mini 5Si are as follows:
- （1）Compared to the Bungo mini 5SX laptop word processor, the mini 5Si was about 40 percent of the volume and half the weight. It included a 65 character/second, 400 dpi high-performance printer and came standard with a Heisei Mincho outline font.
- （2）It featured keyboard tutorial software, with which users could practice keyboard operations interactively following instructions on the screen, and word processing certification training software, which offered game-like typing exercises, from the basics up to Level 3 word processing certification.
- （3）The Bungo mini 5Si was developed with female users in mind. It featured a soft, curved design and was offered in gray and white models. It even came with a “food check” program that displayed one’s nutritional balance on a radar chart.
| Introduced | February 1992 | |
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| Display device | Monitor | Backlit, white-mode LCD monitor (640 x 400 pixels) 40 Japanese characters x 22 lines (16 x 16 dots) Standard, Expanded, and Condensed modes |
| Entry devices | Keyboard | JIS |
| Entry modes | AI conversion / Clause-level conversion (200 characters / 40 clauses) Intelligent tutorial functions Kana / alphanumeric / radical / JIS code / Kuten code |
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Dictionaries Standard AI User |
~200,000 words ~70,000 words ~600 words |
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Built-in characters Extended characters |
1990 JIS Level 1 and Level 2 characters 10 characters (Able to store up to 170 characters on floppy disk) |
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| Storage devices |
Internal External Other |
30 / 20 pages (1000 characters / page) One 3.5-inch floppy drive (2DD) One memory card slot |
| Printing devices |
Printer Speed Paper widths |
64-dot thermal transfer printer Equivalent to 65 characters/second Prepaid postcard to B4 widths (maximum 90 characters/line) |
| Typefaces | Standard | Mincho (outline font): 5P (24 x 24 dots), 7P (32 x 32 dots), 10.5 P (48 x 48 dots); 12P (54 x 54 dots) |
| Optional | Maru Gothic, Kyokasho, Mouhitsu, Gothic | |
| Communications | Communication speeds | BBS connectivity |
| Other specifications |
External dimensions [mm] Weight Power supply Power consumption |
335 x 282 x 65 (w x d x h) 3.6 kg 100 ± 10% VAC Standby: 12 W, Printing: 34 W |
