Microwriter

Released

1989

Price

£199

CPU

6303 at 4.9 MHz

RAM

32K, expandable to 128K

Input

Alphanumeric keyboard and one-handed Microwriter chord keyboard

Interfaces

Serial and parallel connections for printers and PCs

Language

ABC, a BASIC/Pascal hybrid

Built-in software

Word processor, calculator, to-do list, organiser, database and alarm clock

Memory-card software

Spreadsheet, language translators, finance and mathematics

Marketed as an early personal digital assistant, with a keyboard designed for one-handed operation without looking at the keys.