Psion Organiser II LZ & LZ 64
The Machine
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LZ
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Release Date
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1984 |
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Price
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£169.00 |
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Processor
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Hitachi HD6303X /0.92Mhz |
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Rom
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64kb which contains Opl and built in applications |
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Ram
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The LZ model contains 32 kb whilst the LZ64
has 64kb of memory |
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Power
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9v Battery or mains adapter (50µA - 100mA) |
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Keyboard
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36 multifunction keys providing upper and lower
case alpha, 10 numeric, 16 operatorand puntuation keys and
4 curor keys. |
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Expansion
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Yes |
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Backlit
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No |
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Size
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142 x 78 x 29mm with the protective case closed |
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Weight
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250g (.8oz) |
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Screen
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Dot matrix based LCD. 4 lines each of 20 characters with
232 character set
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Information
The Machine has two connectors at
the back which can contain packs (i.e. memories) of 8, 16, 32,
64, 128K in EPROM (Erasable with U.V, called DATAPACK) and 32K
in RAM (erasable rampacks electrically, supplied with a pile
with lithium). The User could also use packs of 256 or 512K
(that is called Flash packs but they are more fragile, less
stable and is needed a software interns to control them!
It has an interface on the top where you
could put various peripherals, the most common being the comms-Link
(Interface Series RS232 25 pins), but there are other peripherals,
like: a bars codes reader , a printer, the magnetic card reader.
But Comms-Link is very useful for the owners of Psion II bus
it allows a connection with as many peripherals having this
same interface... Like the connection, therefore data back-up
on a computer with various software of transfers for example.
This model was originally conceived for
companies, it was very powerful in the field of the management
of the files. The user was able to treat several files has the
time, where they were able, to erase, modify, and manage files
where the main data were kept on a Ibm compatible computer.
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A snipet from the Psion News Mag summer 1988 |
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Software
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Notes
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( LZ only): File management of Notes, with sorting,
simple calculations of averages, variances, etc |
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Cities
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Management of 365 cities of the world with time zone
and indicative telephone |
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Calc
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Scientific computer functioning by key words, 10 exploitable
Memories in OPL, creation of modules in OPL |
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Date
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Current date like stop watch, Account-with Rebours,
management of the summer-time |
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Cards
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Powerful data base with Sorting, 8 inputs maximum by cardsAnd
other functions that I would do to enumerate
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Programming
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Programming language OPL (Operating PSION Language),
derived from the BASIC, also possible programming out of assembler
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Test
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Which Psion II you have click
here |
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The Manual
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Click
Here |
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Programing
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Programming on
the Psion Organiser |
Where can
I obtain and
other Usefull stuff
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