Vint. Comp. Ann. / WANG WLTC First laptop w/ printer? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

5 Aug 1998

...
  I think the Panasonic Senior Partner was the first
luggable with built-in
 printer: intro'd at Comdex in 1983, but there were HP's from the 70's
 which were just as (if not more portable) that also had built-in printers.
...
  I don't think anything over 12 lbs or so could
reasonable be called a
 laptop, though.
  Well, It has a battery, and is fairly portable, despite the weight.  It
originally came with a case, and so did the disk drive.  I have the case
for the disk drive, but not the computer.  the two cases connected together
to make one, large, heavy case.
...

 Say what?  Could you elaborate on the Pascal-based OS and DOS emulator?
 The UCSD pSystem could be called a Pascal-based OS, but it didn't have a
 DOS emulator that I've heard of.  Is that what you mean?
  I can't be positive on how it works, but I can't run the WANG system
disks
on  my Win '95 computer.  They will run on the WANG.  It has some sort of
MS-DOS emulator, though I can't be sure that it's PASCAL that actually runs
on the thing.  I'll look it up in the manual and see what it says.
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