Dulmont Magnum

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Sun Nov 22 22:54:17 1998

On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Andrew Davie wrote:

> I've just obtained an unusual laptop circa 1983, a Dulmot Magnum.
> Garbage-bin green body, quite heavy. Runs on 6V, MS-DOS 2.11 Very
> strange flip-up LCD display, about 8 lines x 80 characters. Actually,
> this thing is pretty well designed for its day. Does anybody know about
> the history of this machine, and where it fits in relative to other
> laptops of the era (ie: what was the first genuine laptop, when, etc) ?

Never heard of it, but it sounds cool! Any pix? Without seeing it, I'd
guess it might be a relabled Gavilan.

As far as clamshell laptops, it went something like:

1982, GRiD Compass
1983, Gavilan
1983, HP Portable (110)

-- Doug
Received on Sun Nov 22 1998 - 22:54:17 GMT