6 Aug
2002
6 Aug
'02
10:12 a.m.
And let's not forget the Atari Portfolio which came out, I believe, in 89.
Lawrence
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Ob Classiccmp:
How many non-wintel laptops are on-topic? My SPARCbook2
fits the bill I believe, are there any others? Not even clones or
nearly-clones, but honest-to-goodness Alternative Architectures?
Tandy M100, M102, M200. Olivetti M10. And whatever the Kyocera version
was called. (OK, they contain an 8085 CPU, which was originally an Intel
design, but I don't think that's the normal meaning of 'Wintel')
Epson HX20, PX4, PX8, etc. The first contains a pair of 6301-type CPUs
IIRC (I don't feel like running upstairs to check the technical manual).
The latter 2 machines ran CP/M and presumably had a Z80-like CPU.
HP110 (Portable), Portable +. More arguable. They contain an 80C86
processor and run MS-DOS. But they are in no sense PC clones. No part of
the I/O structure is even close to that in a PC. The BIOS is not
compatible with the PC BIOS either as far as I am aware. I wouldn't call
them clones.
HP75. It's arguable if this is a laptop, or a notebook, or what. It's a
large pocket computer, running BASIC. 1 line LCD display. The processor
is an HP Capricorn, so it's certainly not Wintel. I think it's fair to
say that the HP71B is not a laptop (for all it's a very nice pocket
computer).
Was the first Mac Laptop released before 1992 (which would make it
on-topic here)?
-tony