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Texas Instruments SS-3004 MEMO PROCESSOR Solid State Software Cartridge

Date of introduction:	1983	Display technology:
New price:	$69.95 (MSRP 1983)	Display size:
Size:	2.1" x 2.0" x 0.55" 53 x 52 x 14 mm³
Weight:	1.0 ounces, 28 grams	Serial No:	0060842
Batteries:	n.a.	Date of manufacture:	wk 09 year 1984
AC-Adapter:		Origin of manufacture:	USA (LTA)
Precision:		Integrated circuits:	HN61256P
Memories:
Program steps:		Courtesy of:	Joerg Woerner

The SS-3004 MEMO PROCESSOR with Data Communication Solid State Software Cartridge (SSSC) was developed by Texas Instruments for its CC-40 Compact Computer System and transforms it into a portable, powerful word processor and data communications terminal.

Don't miss an early prototype of the SS-3004 SSSC with a "DATA COMMUNICATION" label instead od the final "MEMO PROCESSOR" wording.

The word processing portion of Memo Processor allows to create, print and store documents using the following features:

• Up to 32 tab stops
• Line length variable from 9 to 80 characters
• Automatic word wrap at end of lines
• Automatic page size control
• Insertion, deletion, and overstrike of characters
• Rearrange text using block move, copy, and delete functions
• Search function allows location of character strings
• Document printing on all CC-40 compatible printers

The communications portion of Memo Processor allows the CC-40 to access computers such as:

• Central timesharing systems including TEXNET
• Corporate computers
• Personal computers

Dismantling this Solid State Software Cartridge manufactured in March 1984 by Texas Instruments in their Lubbock, Texas facility, reveals a small printed circuit board (PCB) with a HN61256P ROM (Read-Only Memory) manufactured by Hitachi, Japan.

The HN61256P uses a CMOS process resulting in a very low power consumption of 7.5 mW and features a capacity of 32k Bytes with an access time of 3.5 us.

If you have additions to the above article please email: joerg@datamath.org.