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Peripherals and components for personal computers by the brand Seikosha

Brand: Seikosha
Headquarters: JP Japan (Tokyo)
Since: 1892
Until: 1996

A subsidiary of the Japanese watch brand SEIKO.
Founded in 1892 in Tokyo as a watch manufacturing company, it later went on to manufacture dot-matrix printers.

When the Seiko Group was selected as the official supplier for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, they were asked to develop a timekeeping system for sporting events, and Shinshu Seiki began developing an electronic printer.
In 1982, Shinshu Seiki changed its name to Epson Corporation.

Some outstanding models of Seikosha peripherals


Category: Printers

9-pin dot matrix printer with support for NLQ (Near Letter Quality) mode, achieving results comparable to 24-pin printers.
Manufactured by a subsidiary of the Japanese brand SEIKO.


Category: Printers

5-inch continuous-print dot matrix printer.
The Seikosha GP-50S model, instead of a parallel port, has a bus connector for Sinclair Research computers: the Sinclair ZX80, Sinclair ZX81, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
The Seikosha GP-50MX model came with a parallel port interface and was compatible with MSX computers.


Category: Printers

9-pin printer, with up to 5 types of fonts.

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