Panasonic toaster oven style word processors

[gordonjcp at gjcp.net]

> On 12/17/2005 at 5:43 PM Chris M wrote:
>
>>what sort of cpus do they have? Some specify ms-dos
>>file copatibility with their built in floppy. Ive been
>>seeing them all around the place at thrift stores and
>>wonder if theyd be the basis for some kind of hack.
>
> Regardless of CPU, since they have a keyboard, display and printer
> interface as well as a floppy drive, wouldn't that qualify them for hack
> status?  Some of the Brother and SCM WPs used 8051-family CPUs.  Amazingly
> gutless wonders.  Some used Z-80 type CPUs, but remember that corners were
> cut almost to bleeding to make these things inexpensive.

The original Amstrad PCWs were Z80-based, and ran CP/M rather nicely.

Gordon.