【NEC】 BungoJX-A500，BungoJX-A300，BungoJX-A200

In October 1998 NEC rolled out the Bungo JX-A500 with a V830 high-speed CPU that aimed to create a better user experience. The JX-A300 followed in November 1998 and the JX-A200 in January 1999.

The JX-A500 had an internal 56 kbps high-speed modem for seamless Internet access. The JX-A500 and JX-A300 featured a 12.1-inch LCD screen and the JX-A200 a 10.4-inch LCD screen for easy-to-read displays.

The three models had the following features.

• （1）JX-A500 / JX-A300: The 12.1-inch color LCD screen made editing much easier because it could display text at larger sizes and images in more attractive colors.
• （2）JX-A500: The message side of two postcards could be printed simultaneously when a high-grade color inked ribbon was used. All models were able to make quick and attractive prints even when printing large volumes of greeting cards or other media.
• （3）The internal 56 kbps modem gave seamless access to the Internet and other network communications.
• （4）To handle the new seven-digit postal codes, place names could be looked up by postal code and postal codes by place name, and all five-digit postal codes in the address book could be automatically updated to seven-digit postal codes in one step.
• （5）The printers could reproduce postcards or color copies in full color at 800 dpi, double the previous resolution, when using a high-grade color inked ribbon. The JX-A200’s maximum resolution was 400 dpi.
• （6）The JX-A500 could fax documents created with the Japanese word processor as well as documents scanned with the internal scanner. It could receive faxes too.
• （7） Users of the JX-A500 could make or receive phone calls while using the word processor thanks to the built-in microphone and speakers. The pocket pager function converted katakana input to numbers for pocket pager messages.