4 Aug
1998
4 Aug
'98
3:11 p.m.
I noticed that the T1100, was the "first" laptop computer. What year was
it made?
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-Jason
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Sam Alternate e-mail:
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September 26 & 27...Vintage Computer Festival 2.0!
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4 Aug
4 Aug
3:47 p.m.
On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Jason Willgruber wrote:
I noticed that the T1100, was the "first"
laptop computer. What year was
it made?
The T1100 was Toshiba's first laptop, not *the* first laptop. I think the
T1100 came out in 1986.
Other laptops that have been called the "first":
1981 Epson HX-20 (first A4-style laptop)
1982 GRiD Compass (first clamshell laptop)
1983 Gavilan (Gwen Bell called this one the first laptop)
1983 TRS-80 Model 100 (M100 owners like to call this the "first")
1984 HP 110 (first battery powered clamshell?)
1984 DG/One (Data General says there's was first)
-- Doug
6:44 p.m.
On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Jason Willgruber wrote:
I noticed that the T1100, was the "first"
laptop computer. What year was
it made?
No, it was the first "Laptop" computer (you got the quotes the other way
around). You need to come to the VCF to hear Bruce Faust explain the
distinction.
The T1100 was circa 1986. Someone else with more general knowledge of it
fill him in on the significance of the T1100.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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