Hardware

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PICTY860

NEC announced the PICTY960, PICTY860, and PICTY760 A4 color inkjet printers in October 2000 that were the industry’s first models to support Bluetooth.

PICTY900

The PICTY900 came standard equipped with a USB port, while the PICTY700 supported USB with an optional USB printer cable. USB support meant the printers could be connected and unconnected with the…

PICTY960

NEC announced the PICTY960, PICTY860, and PICTY760 A4 color inkjet printers in October 2000 that were the industry’s first models to support Bluetooth.

Pinto-TH

DIP style breakout board for any Overo COM featuring USB OTG, 3.3V supply and level shifters for use with a set of test pads.

Pioneer LaserActive

The LaserActive (レーザーアクティブ, RēzāAkutibu) is a converged device and fourth-generation home video game console capable of playing Laserdiscs, Compact Discs, console games, and LD-G karaoke discs. It…

Pioneer Palcom PX-7

This is a very particular MSX 1 computer ! It has an enhanced feature : as the Sony SMC 70, it has an interface (Laser Vision) to control a videodisc player and to do genlocking (superimposing…

PJ S2130

The PJ S2130 is cost-effective and easy to use with all key functions for business use. It is suitable for use in confined spaces or small conference rooms.

PJ WX2130

The Ricoh PJ W2130 is the perfect entry projector which is bright, durable and simple to use. It will provide high quality crisp images with the contrast ratio of 2200:1 and with the HDMI you this…

PJ WX3131

Control security and limit user access with the password-setting feature and prevent mistakes while operating the PJ Series projection systems with the Key Lock function.

PJ WX3231N

Control security and limit user access with the password-setting feature and prevent mistakes while operating the PJ Series projection systems with the Key Lock function.

PJ WX4130

The compact, easy-to-transport RICOH PJ WX4130 offers a breakthrough short-throw business projector. With its sleek, lightweight design, it can deliver full-size, high-quality image projection…

PJ WX4130N

Combining a space-saving upright design and Ricoh's innovative free-form mirror system, the PJ WX4130N brings cutting edge projector technology to the smallest spaces. A record-breaking throw…

PJ WX5140

DLP Brilliant Color technology by Texas Instruments produces bright, high contrast, crisp, and brilliant color images with 16.7M Color Reproduction.

PJ WX5150

DLP BrilliantColor technology by Texas Instruments produces bright, high contrast, crisp, and brilliant color images with 16.7M Color Reproduction.

PJ WX5350N

The Ricoh PJ WX5350N delivers exceptional versatility, affordability and ease of use. This quality high standard projector is a productive, multi-purpose device for screen sizes of up to 300…

PJ X2130

The PJ X2130 is cost-effective and easy to use with all key functions for business use. It is suitable for use in confined spaces or small conference rooms.

PJ X2130

The PJ X2130 is cost-effective and easy to use with all key functions for business use. It is suitable for use in confined spaces or small conference rooms.

PJ X3131

The PJ X3131 digital business projector features innovative controls and connectivity options that set the standard for high-performance presentations. The PJ X3131 digital business projector…

PJ X3241

The Ricoh PJ X3241 Projector can connect to a computer. It uses 3LCD technology. It has a bulb that lasts for 3000 hours. It has a contrast ratio of 320:1, so it may not provide good contrast…

PJ X3241N

Ricoh PJ X3241N allows controlling security and limiting user access with the password-setting feature and preventing mistakes while operating the PJ Series projection systems with the Key Lock…

PJ X5260

DLP BrilliantColor technology by Texas Instruments produces bright, high contrast, crisp, and brilliant color images with 16.7M Color Reproduction.

PJ X5360N

The Ricoh PJ X5360N delivers exceptional versatility, affordability and ease of use. This quality high standard projector is a productive, multi-purpose device for screen sizes of up to 300 inches…

Playtech Telesport

Playtech Telesport was released in Australia in 1976 in limited quantities. Although assembled manually, it is not known if it was sold as a kit.

It uses the AY-3-8500 chip (General…

Pleiades Supercomputer

Pleiades is a petascale supercomputer built by SGI at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. As of June 2011, it was the world's seventh fastest computer with a peak performance…

Plustek BookReader V100

Plustek's BookReader V100 integrates high-speed scanning scanner with book edge design, natural voice synthesis (for read back) and highly accurate text-to-speech and optical character recognition…

Plustek BookReader V200

Plustek's BookReader V200 integrates high-speed scanning scanner with book edge design, natural voice synthesis (for read back) and highly accurate text-to-speech and optical character recognition…

Pluto E100

The Pluto E100 is the latest ARM based thin client by Marvell solution .The new generation Armada 501 SOC platforms only 0.6 liters but still has a fanless chassis.Pluto E100 the best C/P and…

Pluto E200 / E205

The Pluto E200 / E205 is the latest x86 based thin client solution. Powered by the new generation Intel Atom Pineview D425 / D525 CPU/chipset, and has been designed to fit in a 2.2 liter fanless…

PocketZip

The PocketZip drive was a drive made by Iomega in 1999 that used proprietary, small, very thin, floppy-like 40MB disks. It had no relation to the Zip drive. It was known as the "Clik!" drive until…

Polistil V.G.2

Polistil Video Game V.G.2 is an interesting Italian pong system. It is very classic by its functions but very attractive by its cosmetic design.

Indeed the system itself is very common: 4…

Polycon 4002

Polycon 4002 (C-4002) is a pong console released in 1977. C4002 is a dedicated console playing four Pong variants. The console uses the AY-3-8500 dedicated pong chip and features only the paddle…

Polycon 4003

Polycon 4003 is a pong console manufactured in Hong Kong, released in 1977 and sold only in Germany. It has a clone known as Novel WTV-6 Video Game.

Polycon C 4016

Polycon C 4016 is a 10 Pong and 8 motor-cycle games console released by Polycon in 1979.

Polycon C4010

Polycon C4010 is a Polycon Pong console released in 1978.

Polycon PG-7

Polycon PG-7 is a typical system using cartridges based on the different chipsets developed by General Instruments in the late 70s. Each GI chip was able to generate several games, ball games for…

Poppy 9009

The Poppy 9009 was a clone of the famous game Pong. Sold in Germany,1977. It uses a "General Instruments AY-3-8500" pong-on-a-chip. It's connected to your home TV.

Poppy 9012

Poppy 9012 is a German video game console released in 1982. It uses the AY-3-8500 chip and comes with 6 games and a light gun.

Poppy 9015

Poppy 9015 is another example of the PC-50x family, consoles that used General Instruments chips in the cartridges. In this case, it is identical to the Sanwa 9015.

The interesting thing…

Poppy 9017

Poppy 9017 is a German Poppy Pong console. Except for the controls, it was similar to the Soundic SD-062 TV-18.

Though this it looks like a common European pong system, the Poppy 9017 is…

Poppy TVG-10

Poppy TVG-10 is a pretty rare console. Poppy TVG-10 was released in 1977 for the German market.
This is a 3rd generation pong system, using the usual seven 9015 cartridges, sold in Europe…

Poppy TVG-3

Poppy TVG-3 was a German Poppy Pong console released in 1977. It is similar to the Conic TG-721.

This system is quite interesting although it looks like the very common TG-621 system, but…

Poppy TVG-4

Poppy TVG-4 is a German Poppy Pong console released in 1978. It uses the AY-3-8500 chip and comes with 4 games.

Portable Plus

The Portable Plus replaced the Portable and offered a lower price and a larger screen (24-line LCD).

The Portable Plus was obsoleted in September of 1989.

Portable StyleWriter

The StyleWriter was Apple's line of inkjet serial printers, targeted mainly towards consumers. They produced print quality that was better than the dot matrix ImageWriters, and were cheaper than…

Power Mac

Power Macintosh, later Power Mac, was a line of Apple Macintosh workstation-class personal computers based on various models of PowerPC microprocessors that were developed, marketed, and supported…

Power Mac G4

The Power Mac G4 was a series of personal computers that was designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple between 1999 and 2004. They used the PowerPC G4 (PPC74xx) series of microprocessors. They…

Power Mac G4 Cube

The Power Mac G4 Cube was a small form factor Macintosh personal computer from Apple Inc. It was sold from 2000 to 2001. Its cube shape is reminiscent of the NeXTcube from NeXT, acquired by Apple…

Power Mac G5

The Power Mac G5 is Apple's marketing name for models of the Power Macintosh that contains the IBM PowerPC G5 CPU. The professional-grade computer was the most powerful in Apple's lineup when it…

Power Macintosh

Power Macintosh, later Power Mac, was a line of Apple Macintosh workstation-class personal computers based on various models of PowerPC microprocessors that were developed, marketed, and supported…

Power Macintosh 4400

The Power Macintosh 4400 (also known as the Power Macintosh 7220 in some markets) was a mid-to-high-end Macintosh personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from 1996…

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