Hitachi announced the with me BF-220 in 1995. The with me BF-220 was the first notebook-sized word processor with a color LCD screen and it featured connectivity with color inkjet printer computer peripherals.
Feature list
- （1）Industry’s first notebook-sized word processor to come with a color LCD screen (a dual-scan color STN LCD screen)
- （2）Able to import color photos and illustrations through support for color hand readers (scanners)
- （3）Featured connectivity with color inkjet printers intended as computer peripherals
- （4）Standard equipped with 333 outline illustrations that could be scaled and printed without jagged edges appearing (fill colors could also be adjusted)
- （5）Standard equipped with a trackball
- （6）Came standard with an auto postcard feeder (20-sheet capacity) and an auto A4 feeder (five-sheet capacity)
| Input devices | Keyboard | JIS standard (with an additional 10 keys) | ||||
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| Pointing device | Trackball (optional mouse also available) | |||||
| Display device | Screen | 640 x 480 pixel dual-scan 16-color STN LCD |
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| Display size | 40 characters x 25 lines (four lines reserved for system use) | |||||
| Character size | 16 x 16 pixels | |||||
| Storage | Drive | One 3.5-inch floppy drive (1.6 MB) | ||||
| Internal storage capacity | One document up to 30,000 characters long | |||||
| External storage capacity | ~250 pages/disk (850 characters/page) | |||||
| Printer（CLP-1） | Print process | Thermal transfer | ||||
| Typefaces | Mincho | Mouhitsu | Gothic | Maru Gothic |
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| Print head | 60 x 60 dots | |||||
| Character sizes | 7 to 30 points, in one-point increments | |||||
| Print speed | 100 characters/sec. | |||||
| Paper sizes | Plain paper sizes (A4, A5, B4, B5), manuscript paper sizes (B4, A5), prepaid postcard size, refill paper size, custom size | |||||
| External dimensions [mm] and weight | Unit | 320 x 250 x 36.2 (w x d x h), ~2.2 kg | ||||
| Printer | 342 x 115 x 58 (w x d x h), ~1.3 kg | |||||
| Power supply | Internal rechargeable NiCad battery (6 VDC) With dedicated AC adaptor: 100 ± 10 VAC, 30 W max. / 12.5 W standby, 50/60 Hz | |||||
