Microwriter
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Un Microwriter MW4 (vers 1980).
Le Microwriter [1] est un petit appareil portatif muni d'un clavier accord de 6 touches et d'un affichage LCD d'une dizaine de caractères permettant l'écriture et le traitement de texte.
Histoire
Le Microwriter a été inventé par Cy Endfield, réalisateur américain ayant vécu au Royaume-Uni.
Il a été commercialisé dans les années 1980 par la société Microwriter Ltd à Londres.
Microwriter MW4
- Dimension 23 cm x 12 cm x 5 cm
- six boutons clavier accord.
- 1 ligne d'affichage LCD
- un connecteur RS-232 permettant de le relier à une imprimante
- un connecteur 37 pin D-type permettant de le relier à un poste de télévision
- un petit logiciel de traitement de texte
- 16 kilobytes de mémoire.
Principe
Chaque caractère est tapé en pressant plusieurs touches simultanément de la même manière que l'on joue une note sur un saxophone.
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Références
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