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

From: Jason Willgruber <roblwill_at_usaor.net>
Date: Wed Aug 5 09:56:50 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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         -Jason
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