The Epson Equity LT weighs in at only 14.3 pounds, with the hard drive and super-twisted backlit LCD.  Parallel and serial (9-pin) ports are standard, as is the colour monitor port.  Two option slots house the hard drive and optional 300/1200 baud modem card.

Measurements are 12.2" deep by 13.6" wide by 3.2" high.  Standard RAM is 640K; ROM is 16K.  Epson uses the V30 microprocessor, with dual speed of 4.77 or 10 MHz.  The review unit came with one 3 1/2" floppy and the 20 MB hard disk.There's a real-time clock/calendar, and a 50-byte CMOS RAM for configuration purposes.  The LT runs on a 100/120 VAC, 200/240 VAC power supply (and battery charger), or 9.6 NiCad rechargeable battery pack.

The Epson came with MS-DOS 3.2, GW-BASIC, and a utilities disk, along with their usual excellent manuals. Although the keyboard has a soft, non-tactile touch, it was easy to type on nevertheless.  The function keys are on top, and a standard numeric keypad is included in the 85 keys.

Manufacturer: Epson
Date: 1989

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH73397. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

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