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Texas Instruments PS-6200 Organiser (European Version)

Date of introduction:  1992 Display technology:  LCD dot matrix
New price:   Display size:  3 lines by 18 char 
Size:  2.5" x 5.8" x 0.7"
 63 x 147 x 18 mm3 
   
Weight:  6.1 ounces, 172 grams Serial No:  011139
Batteries:  2*CR2025 + CR2016 Date of manufacture:  mth 07 year 1992
AC-Adapter:   Origin of manufacture:  Malaysia (I)
Precision:  10 Integrated circuits:  CPU: Toshiba TMP0210F-5112
 RAM: Suwa SRM20256
 Display: Toshiba T6A21 
Memories:  32kB RAM    
Program steps:   Courtesy of:  Joerg Woerner
    Download manual:   (US: 6.7 MByte)

Texas Instruments entered already in 1991 with the PS-6200 Organiser the market of Personal Organizers in Europe. In the United States an almost identical product was sold as PS-6200 Organizer.

Dismantling this PS-6200 manufactured in 1992 by Inventec Corporation in Malaysia reveals no surprises. The printed circuit board (PCB) sports a very clean layout and we identify the major components immediately.

The hardware of this OEM product - an identical product was sold as Canon DM-4000 - is centered around a Toshiba TMP0210F Application Specific CPU based on the 8-bit Z80 core. 

The data memory of the PS-6200 is specified with 32k Bytes and we located in this PS-6200 manufactured in July 1992 a Suwa Seikosha SRM20256 chip. 

PS-6200UK_DISP.jpg (80681 Byte)The display of the PS-6200 sports 3 lines with 18 characters, each (using a very compact 5*5 pixel font) plus some fifteen discrete indicators. The driver electronics for the display is based on a Toshiba T6A21 single-chip solution.

The direct successor of the PS-6200 could be found with the PS-6300.

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© Joerg Woerner, October 30, 2009. No reprints without written permission.