Hitachi announced the with me BF-60 personal word processor in 1993 that came with a function to modify the shape of characters and an enhanced dictionary function powered by a ROM-based Japanese dictionary.
Feature list
- （1）The 29.7 millimeter slim profile and A4 file size meant it could be carried under one arm (with a backlit, monochrome LCD screen, 640 x 400 pixels)
- （2）Two body colors to choose from: comic blue and royal rouge
- （3）Character effects to modify character shapes (20 different patterns)
- （4）Standard equipped with a Japanese, English-Japanese, and Japanese-English dictionary compiled by Gakken — the Japanese dictionary was stored in ROM, the others supplied on floppy disks
(Japanese dictionary: ~42,000 headwords, English-Japanese dictionary: ~19,000 headwords, Japanese-English dictionary: ~15,000 headwords) - （5）Standard equipped with Print Shop, a collection of sample documents that simplified the creation of many types of documents
- （6）Redo function could recall characters that had been deleted by accident
- （7）Able to print addresses from address book entries; easier to make postcards with eight address layouts and 43 sample messages
- （8）English document support with three typefaces — roman, pica, and italic — and a ~30,000-word spellchecker
- （9）Standard equipped with a personal name, place name, and postal code dictionary (June 1993 version)
| Input device | Keyboard | JIS standard (with an additional 10 keys) | ||
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| Display device | Screen | Backlit, monochrome LCD 640 x 400 pixels | ||
| Display size | 40 characters x 21 lines (four lines reserved for system use) | |||
| Character size | 16 x 16 pixels | |||
| Storage devices | Drive | One 3.5-inch floppy drive (1.6 MB) | ||
| Capacity | Compatibility Level 1: ~250 pages/disk (850 characters/page, A4) Compatibility Level 2: ~180 pages/disk (850 characters/page, A4) |
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| Printer | Print process | Thermal transfer | ||
| Typefaces | Mincho | Mouhitsu | Gothic | |
| Print head | 60×60 dots | |||
| Character sizes | 7 to 30 points, scalable | |||
| Print speed | 35 characters/sec., 70 characters/sec. (60 x 60 dot characters) | |||
| Paper sizes | Plain paper sizes (A4, A5, B4, B5), manuscript paper sizes (B4, A5), prepaid postcard size, refill paper size, custom size |
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| External dimensions [mm] and weight | Unit | 320 x 243 x 29.7 (w x d x h), ~1.8 kg | ||
| Printer | 345 x 113 x 62 (w x d x h), ~1.5 kg | |||
| Power supply | Internal rechargeable NiCad battery (6 VDC) With dedicated AC adaptor: 100 ± 10 VAC, 29 W max. / 10 W standby, 50/60 Hz | |||
