Canon X-07 is one of the first
personal computer
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s available in
France
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manufactured by
Canon
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.
This is a
laptop
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(or rather hand-held
[Popular Science, Jan 1984, p. 56]
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) shipping Microsoft BASIC
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.
The specifications included:
* memory extensions or independent IC card
* parallel and serial port with an infrared extension X-721
* X-711 thermal printer or plotter 4-color X-710 or standard // printer.
* ROM card software (spreadsheet, monitor ...)
* X-720 video interface for connection to a TV
* save to cassette
* Size: 30x30x11cmByte.com, Volume 8, p. 251
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