12 Sep
2012
12 Sep
'12
6:10 p.m.
"Portable" was widely [mis]used by marketing.
I gave my parents their first color TV. It was a used "portable", with
two handles on each end.
"Luggable" was a deliberately negative term used for "portable"
computers.
When the first Compaq came out, I took one to Hawaii. Although there was
plenty of room for it (I had a freebie first class ticket!), there was a
lot of discussion of whether it should be allowed in cabin. Lots of
whispered conversation, with the phrase "sewing machine" in most
sentences. I added write and format support to XenoCopy in Hawaii.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com