Zoomer Z-PDA

The Zoomer Z-PDA was a joint venture between Tandy and Casio in the early 90s. Its was released some time from 1992 to 1993 under three different brands. Tandy Z-PDA, Casio Personal Digital Assistant Z-700, and AST GRIDPAD 2390.


Technical Information:
Storage Capacity: 4MB ROM, and 1MB RAM.

Operating System: Pen GEOS.

Built-in Applications: Date Book, Address Book, Note Book, Pocket Quicken, America Online, Calculator, Dictionary, Form Calculator, World Clock, Language Translator, Games (Solitaire, Pyramid, Uki), File Manager, Consumer Information, U.S. Information, and World Information.

Display Element: 320 x 256 pixels.

Data Capacity: 1MB (352KB available for user information and 640KB to run application).

Main component: LSI.

Power supply: 2-way DC/AC power supply, DC-Main power supply: 3 AA-size alkaline batteries, Backup power supply of CR-2032 x 2, AC-Requires optional AC adapter.

Battery life: [Main]: Approx. 100 hours (repeating one minute of ink input and 10 minutes of inactiity in the Note Book. operation temperature 20 degrees C), [Backup]: 5 years if main batteries replaces as soon as they become weak. 2 months if dead main batteries are left in the unit.

Power consumption: 0.57W

I/O terminals: 10-pin serial terminal (RS=232C), Infra-red port, Type II PCMCIA Card slot, Earphone jack.

Operating temperature: 0 degrees C to 40 degrees C (32F to 104F).

Dimensions: 26H x 107.6W x 176.2D mm (1H x 4-1/4W x 6-15/16D in.)

Weight: 430g (15.2 oz.) including batteries.

AC Adapter: Casio AD-B60080.

RS-232C Cable: Casio SB-82

PCMCIA Cards: Flash Disk Card (1.8MB) Casio XC-100

Technical information provided by: grot.com




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