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Hewlett-Packard 95LX
	Like most pocket computers, the HP 95LX owner's manual is larger and heavier than the computer itself.
Also known as	Jaguar
Manufacturer	Hewlett-Packard
Type	Palmtop PC
Release date	April 1991; 33 years ago
Introductory price	US$550 (equivalent to $1,230 in 2023)
Discontinued	1 January 2003
Units shipped	400,000 (estimated production run)
Operating system	MS-DOS 3.22
CPU	NEC V20 @ 5.37 MHz
Memory	512 KB (F1000A) or 1 MB (F1010A)
Removable storage	SRAM card (0.5 MB – 32 MB)
Display	40 × 16 characters LCD screen (4.8 inch × 1.8 inch)
Graphics	240 × 128 pixels (quarter-CGA resolution) monochrome STN, 2 scales
Sound	PC speaker (piezo)
Input	Thumb keyboard with 80 keys and a dedicated numeric keypad
Connectivity	RS-232-compatible serial port, infrared port, PCMCIA 1.0 type II (3.3 mm or 5 mm)
Power	2× AA-size removable batteries, 1× CR2032 coin cell backup, optional AC adapter
Dimensions	Length 8.5 cm, width 15.9 cm, height 2.6 cm (3.4 inches × 6.3 inches × 1 inch)
Weight	312 g (11 ounces)
Backward; compatibility	Intel 8088
Successor	HP 100LX

The HP 95LX Palmtop PC (F1000A, F1010A), also known as project Jaguar,^[8] is Hewlett Packard's first DOS-based pocket computer, or personal digital assistant, introduced in April 1991 in collaboration with Lotus Development Corporation. The abbreviation "LX" stood for "Lotus Expandable".^[9] The computer can be seen as successor to a series of larger portable PCs like the HP 110 and HP 110 Plus.

Hardware

HP 95LX has an Intel 8088-clone NEC V20 CPU running at 5.37 MHz with an Intel system on a chip (SoC) device. It cannot be considered completely PC-compatible because of its quarter-CGA (MDA)-resolution LCD screen.^[10]

The device includes a CR2032 lithium coin cell for memory backup when the two AA main batteries run out. For mass storage, HP 95LX has a single PCMCIA slot which can hold a static RAM card with its own CR2025 back-up coin cell. An RS-232-compatible serial port is provided, as well as an infrared port for printing on compatible models of Hewlett Packard printers.^[3]

Display

In character mode, the display shows 16 lines of 40 characters, and has no backlight. While most IBM-compatible PCs work with a hardware code page 437, HP 95LX's text mode font is hard-wired to code page 850 instead.^[3] Lotus 1-2-3 internally used the Lotus International Character Set (LICS), but characters are translated to code page 850 for display and printing purposes.^[3]

Software

The palmtop runs MS-DOS 3.22^[3] and has a customized version of Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.2 built in.^[6]^: 72^[11] Other software in read-only memory (ROM) includes a calculator, an appointment calendar, a telecommunications program, and a simple text editor.

Successors

Successor models to HP 95LX include HP 100LX, HP Palmtop FX, HP 200LX, HP 1000CX, and HP OmniGo 700LX.

References

^ Francis, Peter (December 1991). "HP 95LX. (palmtop computer) (Evaluation)]". Compute! (136): 128. Archived from the original on 2023-11-25. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e HP 95LX User's Guide (PDF) (2 ed.). Corvallis, Oregon, USA: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis Division. June 1991 [March 1991]. pp. E-1 – E-3, F-1 – F-7. F0001-90003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2016-11-27. The HP 95LX character set is equivalent to code page 850, the IBM PC multilingual character set. (Note that your HP 95LX contains MS-DOS 3.22, which does not support code-page switching.) All the HP 95LX applications use this set except 1-2-3, which uses LICS, the Lotus International Character Set. Most LICS characters are included in code page 850; the few that are not will not display […] If your HP 95LX cannot display […] or if your printer cannot print a LICS character, the HP 95LX uses a fallback presentation for that character […] if you use the © symbol and your printer cannot print it, the HP 95LX might display (c) or c as the fallback presentation (depending on the capabilities of your printer).
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^ Lunduke, Bryan (2022-08-01). "The story of the 1991 HP DOS Palmtop - Evolving from an enhanced calculator... to a full DOS compatible PC in your pocket". Substack / The Lunduke Journal of Technology. Archived from the original on 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-11-24. [1]
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