The Ergo Brick was a well-made system and innovative for its time. We had a
unit at BYTE, and it was popular with the editors. The company held on for a
few years, but couldn't compete with the bigger manufacturers. Also, the
Brick lost its relevancy as notebook computers became more powerful and
reliable. I would hold onto your find, as I don't think many were made.
--Mike
Michael Nadeau
Editor/Publisher
Classic Tech, the Vintage Computing Resource
www.classictechpub.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keys" <jrkeys(a)concentric.net>
To: "cctalk@classiccmp" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 7:20 PM
Subject: Two great Finds Today
A friend stopped me in the parking lot of an auction
today and gave me a
box
full of computer stuff and in it was a TI-74 BASICALC
with a carrying case
and 8k RAM module in it. Also it came with a Quick Reference Card for
Basic
Syntax.
At the auction I got something called "The Brick" by Ergo computing Inc..
It's a cool looking 386SX-16 as per this article from a google search:
"The
Ergo Brick, a 3" x 8" x 11" totable PC,
was billed as the "cure for the
common computer." With a keyboard and monitor at home, another at work, it
gave desktop power in a portable package. Today you could fit three
PowerBook G4/500s in almost the same amount of space as the $2,495 16 MHz
386sx-based Brick.". I got the CPU, power supply, manual, and a carrying
case. The keyboard was missing.