The HP 660LX (F1270A) is a handheld palmtop organizer that runs
Windows CE 2.0 or 2.11 that launched in 1998. It is similar to the previous model, the
HP 620LX
The HP 620LX (F1250A, F1259A) is a palmtop computer released by Hewlett-Packard in March 1998. It was shipped with Windows CE 2.0 or 2.11 and included a CompactFlash Type I card slot, a PC card slot, a serial link cable plug, and an infrared ...
. It has a
CompactFlash
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Type I card slot, a
PC card
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slot, a
serial link
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cable plug, and an
infrared
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port.
It is internet capable by attaching an add-on
modem
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or through an
Ethernet
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or
Wi-Fi
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card. Only Type I PC cards are supported and special drivers for the Windows CE operating system are required.
On June 4, 1998, the 660LX was announced to ship in the month of July with a 75Mhz Hitachi SH-3 RISC processor and 32Mb of RAM at a price of $999.
By August 1998, the 660LX was available for purchase through corporate resellers including CompUSA.
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Compared to the 620LX
* The 660LX has 32MB of RAM, compared to only 16MB on the 620LX.
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* The 660LX is bundled with a 56kbps fax/modem card.
* The 660LX includes Microsoft Windows CE Services 2.1 on CD, whereas the 620LX uses Services 2.0.
See also
*
List of HP pocket computers
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HP 300LX
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The HP 300LX was one of the first handheld PCs designed to run the Windows CE 1.0 operating system from Microsoft. Originally announced in 1996, the HP 300LX was released together with the 320LX in the second quarter of 1997. Unlike o ...
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HP 320LX
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References
660LX
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