History of notebook computers

The missed the atrona which ran cpm and msdos both and was much smaller than the compaq they had in the article. I think that some of the choices in this article may be skewed by the fact that journalists have their own peculiar needs in portables. I think they use such units as will support the text preparation and transmission functions they need, and don't tend to require a full functionality of a desktop as can be obtained today. I have seen articles as recently as in the last couple of years of using small tandy portables to enter stories on and transmit them by modem being used by some reporters. I would guess it is sort of like the same as figuring you are comfortable with your underwood, and not going to be forced to change. JIm