Appearance: RoughFunctionality: NotWorkingDescription:============As pictured, a PanasonicHHC System. Includes main unit (RL-H1400), Printer (RL-P1004A), and CarryingRail (RD-9647). When plugged into a power adapter (Not Included), unit shows nosign of life – sold as-is. Manual is available here: http://dantiques.com/computers/panasonic/hhc/index.htmWarranty andReturns:=====================This product isbeing sold AS-IS without any warranty. Returns are not accepted. To ensure thatthis is the right product for your needs, we’re happy to answer any questions. Shipping:=========- Local pickup isalso available at no cost.- Most orders placedbefore 9am will ship the same day.Stock#:8440After buying theFranco-American CIE Friends Amis (Amis means Friends in French) and their handheld computer project, Matsushita manufactured the computer and sold it underPanasonic (RL-Hxx series) and Quasar (HK-2600TE) brand names. About 70.000Panasonic systems were sold. The system was mainly conceived to run customsoftware developed by third companies. For this reason, it didn't includedpowerful built-in software or languages but featured an universal expansion port able to manage severalperipherals simultaneously, and three ROM chip compartments. Examples ofavailable software are: Portawriter, Telecomputing 1-2-3, File Exchange,Portacalc, Portaflex (store management), Portabudget, Portabroker, Porta buy,Portastock, Portalog, Portasales, Portaservice, Portaaudit, etc. The system featured SNAP, an interpretedprogramming language, close to Forth and not really easy to learn. Hopefully, alight version of the Microsoft BASIC interpreter ROM could be added. The HHC (for "Hand Held Computer")had great success in USA, mainly in insurance companies thanks to a built-incustom insurance calculation application dedicated to claim adjusters andtraveling salesmen who could make any insurance quotation and print it,anywhere, anytime. Few systems were sold in other countries. The picture shows a system with aPrinter/Cassette interface attached. User had to buy it to save programs fileson tape! The printer used a small 75 mm wide roll of thermal paper. It printed16 char per line at a speed of 24 char /second. Graphic possibilities were available as anoption, as well as a TV video interface, which enabled the HHC to be connectedto a TV through a scart connector. The HHC could then display 32 x 16characters in text mode (character matrix 5x 7), or 128 x 64 with 8 colors insemi-graphic mode or 128 x 128 with 4 colors in graphic mode. Model: Panasonic -RL-H1400 Quasar - HK 2600TE Introduced: 1982 Price: $400 ?? Weight: 1.4 lbs.(620 grams) CPU: 6502, 1MHz RAM: 4K Expansion: 44-pinexpansion port 3 sockets for user-added ROM Display: 26 X 1character LCD display optional thermal printer Power source:Built-in nicad batteries External 9vdc power supply Storage: Audiocassette in/out (in printer) OS: SNAP built-in optional Microsoft BASIC in ROM
