Sony Data Discman - DD-10EX

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The Sony Data Discman DD-10EX is a portable electronic book reader, produced by Sony. It has a clamshell (“flip”) design, opening to reveal a small LCD screen and keyboard.

Books are encoded onto 8 cm CD-ROMs using the Sony Electronic Book Authoring System (SEBAS). Users navigate and search using the QWERTY keyboard, and information is shown on the grayscale LCD display.

In the United Kingdom, it shipped with two discs:

Thomson Electronic Directory
Pocket Interpreter, a five-language travel conversation book

Unlike earlier Discman models, the DD-10EX allows the user to play audio as well as access text-based content.

Date : 1990

Manufacturer : Sony Corporation

Format : Handheld

Physical Description : Data Discman unit

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH41139. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

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