Epson HX20 — a Computer from the German Bundeswehr

Dmitrii Eliuseev
Geek Culture
Published in
16 min readMay 29, 2022

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After publishing my review of the Epson PX8, some readers recommended paying attention to the Epson HX20, which actually was the first “true” portable computer in history. After a bit of searching on eBay, I found a model which was used in a German army. Well, it can be even more interesting:

I will check the hardware and software — let’s figure out how it works and what this…

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Dmitrii Eliuseev
Geek Culture

Python/IoT developer and data engineer, data science and electronics enthusiast