Vint. Comp. Ann. / WANG WLTC First laptop w/ printer?

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Tue Aug 4 23:28:02 1998

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Jason Willgruber wrote:

> I think I also have the first (correct me if I'm wrong) laptop with a
> printer. The Wang LapTop Computer (WLTC). It weighs about 16-20 lb., not

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.

> I think the WLTC came out in '84 or '85 (not sure). Mine is date Dec. 24,
> '86. I think it runs on a PASCAL-based operating system, with an MS-DOS
> emulator.

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?

-- Doug
Received on Tue Aug 04 1998 - 23:28:02 BST