At 05:49 AM 7/21/99 -0400, you wrote: Epson HX-20 was the first laptop-sized computer. Toshiba claims they coined (and trademarked) the term "laptop", beginning with their T-1100. I'm going to have to chase down that Byte reference; I seem to remember "lap-computer". The m100, being a fair bit more usable and available, became a hit with journalists, and got quite a bit more fame. GRiD Compass, in Fall '82, followed by the Sharp PC-5000 and the Gavilan (both in '83; I'm still trying to find out which came first.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/