Epson PX-8 Variations

[billdeg]

Hi,

Does anyone have details why some PX-8's have "PX-8" on the panel below the LCD display, some have "Geneva", and some have no text at all?

I recently made a short movie of my wife using a PX-8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_6Q7PNd1p8
(PX-8 without any label under the LCD)

Here are some picks of another of my PX-8's with "Geneva" printed on it.
http://vintagecomputer.net/epson/PX-8/

Here is a site with a PX-8 that has "PX-8" on the label.
http://computermuseum.50megs.com/images/collection/epson-px8.jpg

All seem to have PX-8 on the underside on the label plate, and that's what's most important I suppose. I am just curious to see if there is a story to explain the different labels.

Bill

 

[chuckcmagee]

I vaguely recall something about Geneva being for the US market.

 

[curtis]

That's my understanding of the three variations.

The Geneva was for the European market. The PX-8 for the US and the unlabeled was for Heaven Only Knows!

I think in the end all 3 were seen everywhere.

Curtis

 

[billdeg]

I received this info from Jan who runs a web site dedicated to the Epson PX-8/Geneva
http://www.xs4all.nl/~fjkraan/comp/px8/

H101A (CODE AA) Geneva US keyboard
H101A (CODE AC) PX-8 US keyboard
H101A (CODE UA) PX-8 UK keyboard

I can only speculate why my version has no label, but if I were to guess, I believe the LCD is a replacement screen. I am guessing that there was just one pool of replacement screens, and they did not get the "Geneva" or "PX-8" labels because it was not known whether the screen was being shipped to the US, UK, Japan, or elsewhere. Just a hunch.

My PX-8 is the CODE AA

bd