Toshiba Dynabook EZ486P Re-programmable?

[Richard_vmt]

I recently acquired a 1990 vintage dedicated word processor laptop, a Toshiba Dynabook EZ486P. Very solid laptop construction and features a fold-up clam shell backlit LCD display. Unfortunately for me, while the keyboard can be switched between English alphabet and Japanese, all of the on-screen instructions are in Japanese, which I don't speak. Is it possible to re-program a device like this to display the instructions in English? I understand 3 million of these machines were produced but I don't know if there was an English version or not. It uses a standard floppy disk, is capable of MSDOS, has its own thermal film printout and also outputs to external printer and external display. Anyone familiar with this model Dynabook?

[Sambuchi]

I am not sure how you are going to do this Richard.

I would assume that OSD is handled by micro... most OSD's are.

Sooooooooo.....

What micro?

If you find that out, how to reprogram it?

And if you find a way to reprogram it... you would need a compiled english version of code for that micro to display english text...


I would simply learn Japanese.. much easier.