12 Sep
2012
12 Sep
'12
5:59 a.m.
On 12 Sep 2012 at 1:36, Dave McGuire wrote:
Reference? No, but I always thought "lap
top" meant, well, "on top
of your lap", rather than "self powered". ;) (sorry Evan)
I believe that Manny Fernandez referred to the Gavilan as a "laptop"
computer. That would be, what?, around 1983. Up until then, the
term was "notebook" computer.
Anyone have an earlier cite?
--Chuck