Casio 1988 Word Processor with H/PC like form factor

The other day, I got a Casio (Pocket) Word Processor with a H/PC like form factor.

It's called Casio Pocket Word PW-1000 from 1988
It was used to type in word documents, and transfer it to bigger word processors for printing etc. (I think)

It has a RAM card slot on the side.
Operates on 3x CR2032 batteries (9V in total)

It's the first time I've seen one of these types.



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Pocket Word? Ooh, sounds like a lawsuit. Microsoft introduced a word processor for Windows CE eight years later and gave it the same name. Or did Casio get special licensing privileges with the A-10?

Nice lil device you got there Do you know what OS it runs on?

Haha, you're right. Which is the rightful owner, Microsoft right, since they had Word first?



I'm not sure what OS it has, if it even has an OS or not... It's more like a digital diary than a real PDA.

Some more info here http://nanzocamera1.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2015/07/post-c90c.html (Japanese site)


Edited by stingraze 2016-07-28 10:23 AM

That is way cool. Love the keyboard.

Jake

Cool find! Looks like a nice machine, love the keyboard indeed.

Thought it's bigger, the Tandy/Radio Shack WP-2 seems like s similar device. Did anybody ever play with one of those?

Jake

Tandy/Radio Shack WP-2 does indeed seem a similar device for its use.

I think Tandy can write more lines than my Casio PW-1000 though. :-)

Edited by stingraze 2016-08-03 1:08 PM

But barely. The WP-2 had remarkably chintzy screen real estate. One of the main reasons I got rid of it, I think. Great keyboard, though. Like the WP-2, the PW-1000's screen can't do fonts, bold, italic, etc--is that right?

Jkae

Thanx for sharing that with us, Jkae.

Ah, cripes, I didn't see that. Now I can't even edit it since CE Geek's post has emblazoned it forever

KeJa

Some people read the writing on the walls. I proofread it.

Yes, you're right, but since this is a word processor (wa-puro) it can do things like text decoration I think... I have to play with it a little more.

stingraze

The WP-2 used to put text such as <i> to denote italics, etc. I think you had to do italics with a menu drop-down; you couldn't even use ctrl-i.

I also remember trying to share WP-2 files via serial cable with my Leading Edge Model D--several days of my life I'll never get back Though I did get the WP-2 to run its text on the LE screen; it just wouldn't copy to a file on my lovely 5 1/4" 360K disks.

Jake

Neat, isn't that the grandfather to the Casio Boss line?