Correction to a looooooong ago post!

Way back in July 1999, someone wrote thus: computer, after viewing the Epson HX-20 at a trade show in November 1981. <<< The original post is here: http://classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/1999-July/130419.html .... but it's not true! Recently I looked through all the Byte issues from that time period and found the reference in question, which was in the Feb. 1982 issue. In the issue's main editorial, on page 14, Chris Morgan referred to "...an intriguing prototype of the Epson HX-20 personal computer... The beginning of a new trend to what I call 'briefcase' computers: battery-operated machines that combine portability with powerful computer features. It's the sort of design that will appeal to people on the move." Byte's earliest use of "laptop" that I could find wasn't until the Jan. 1984 issue, in an article called "Portables--1984 and Beyond" by Dave Winer. I contacted Dave and he said he heard the term from Ester Dyson, but Ester said she doesn't recall saying it. She did say that "luggable" was her term, referring to the suitcase-sized computers. Byte did write about "lap" computers a couple of times in 1983, but not "laptops" per se. I'm bringing this up now because I have seen a few recent web references which cite the 1999 post as fact. Can anyone show me (not just say they remember) a pre-Jan. 1984 reference to the word "laptop" in the context of portable computers? I searched on Lexis-Nexus but the results were flawed. Apparently someone tagged all the pre-1984 references to "mobile" and "portable" computers with the word "laptop" which may be logical for most searchers but doesn't help me at all. - Evan