D2CA's Legacy Word Processor Hardware

Note: The units featured below are a part of my vintage computer hardware collection and are not for sale at this time.


My Brother Word Processor WP-80
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Brother Word Processor WP-80

Year:  1992
Condition: Excellent
My Cost:  US$15.00  (original: US$599.00)

Features:
- 5" x 9" CRT display
- Daisy Wheel printer
- 3½" 280K floppy drive
- Word processor/typewriter modes
- On-screen tutorial
- Floppy disk holder slot
- GrammarCheck I, dictionary and thesaurus
- Word processor format commands
- Spreadsheet program
- Data merge
- Word count
- Bold, underline, block functions
- Fold-up locking keyboard on hinges
- Printer cover open safety feature disables input until cover is closed
- Uses typewriter cartridges that can include correction ribbons

What This System Can Do:
- Function as a screen-based word processor/printer, or as an electric typewriter
- Save word processor files on standard 3½" double-density floppy disks (280K format)

My Comments:
    I was stunned when I walked in to a local thrift stores and found this 1992 unit in excellent condition. For US$15.00, this was an incredible deal.




My Brother Word Processor WP-2600Q
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Brother Word Processor WP-2600Q

Year:  1993
Condition: Excellent
My Cost:  US$30.00  (original: US$649.00)

Features:
- 5" x 9" CRT display
- "Whisper Print" Daisy Wheel printer
- 3½" 720K floppy drive
- Perfectype professional touch keyboard
- Word processor/typewriter modes
- Framing
- Run disk application
- File management
- Main menu to select functions
- GrammarCheck I
- Word-Spell 70,000-word dictionary
- 45,000-word thesaurus
- 204 user programmable words
- Redundancy check
- Word count
- Punctuation alert
- Advanced word processor functions and pull-down menus
- Spreadsheet program
- Lotus 1-2-3 file conversion program
- Tetris arcade game
- Uses typewriter cartridges that can include correction ribbons

What This System Can Do:
- Function as a screen-based word processor/printer, or as an electric typewriter
- Save word processor files on standard 3½" 720K double-density floppy disks

My Comments:
    I found this unit at the same thrift store I found the Brother WP-80 above (but on a different day). Though I paid twice the price for this unit than for the Brother WP-80, this is a more advanced model with a standard 720K floppy drive that allows PCs to read the files saved with this word processor.


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