Who was first?

wayne.smith＠charter.net

24 Jan 2004 24 Jan '04

12:35 p.m.

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it wasn't the first portable by a long chalk but which one does everyone remember?

Since the first portable was the Hyperion and I have a basement full of them, I'm hoping that people have long memories.

I think the first one to "call" itself a "portable" was the "IBM 5100 Portable Computer" - circa 1975 (although I think there might have been a 1950s computer that also called itself a "portable" in that you could move it around on a truck). -W

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