22 Apr
2001
22 Apr
'01
11:08 a.m.
Gosh, you have better memory then I do!
Here's my source for that quote in the display, which I have found very
detailed, and it made the claim about the color bit, it could have been
on the Commodore Press release for all I know of it:
Current web link to the chonology:
http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/
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Chronology of Events
in the
History of Microcomputers
Copyright (C) 1995-96 Ken Polsson
internet e-mail: ken.polsson(a)bbc.org
References are indicated in [brackets], which are listed at the end of this
document. A [number.number] format gives the page within that reference.
...
1983
January...
o Commodore introduces the SX-64, the first color portable computer.
Weight is 10.5 kg. It incorporates a 5-inch color monitor and one or
two 5.25 inch floppy drive. Price is US$1600. [190.81] [349.16]
[444.496]
...
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Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 16:18:16 -0700
From: "Wayne M. Smith" <wmsmith(a)earthlink.net>
Subject: First Color Portable Computer?
I know that a lot of you dislike "which was first"
discussions, but this one has been bothering me for a
while so here goes.
At VCF 4.0, there was a nice Commodore display with a
timeline that had an entry under "1983" stating that
the Commodore SX-64 was released as the world's "first
color portable computer." If you search the net,
you'll find a number of sites that make the same claim,
although you'll find just as many sites that say it was
first sold in 1984.
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