>> first portable computer
>
>Again, same problem. Define "portable". Allison carted, what was it, a
>PDP-8 across a bridge some years ago. She got funny looks, but she
>"ported" her computer elsewhere. However, I believe this one goes to the
>IBM 5100. However, did I hear grumblings of something portable pre-dating
>even the 5100? Like something from HP in the early 70s?
Well, if you believe the Smithsonian's "Museum of American History" and I
believe DEC's advertising this goes to one of the PDP's, I don't remember
which one. I don't think it was a -8 or -11, and it's been over four years
since I was last to the museum so my memory isn't the best. They showed
the computer being in the back of a convertible IIRC, and actually had the
computer there at the musuem. Big sucker.
Zane
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