First laptop?

From: allisonp_at_world.std.com <(allisonp_at_world.std.com)>
Date: Wed Jul 21 09:31:49 1999

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Bill Sheehan wrote:

> While the Epson HX-20 can lay claim to being the first laptop, it had some
> severe limitations, the most evident being its 20x4 character LCD display.
> The TRS-80 Model 100 had a much more useable 40x8 character display. The
> Model 100 also had a built-in editor, address book, schedule, and
> telecommunications program, which made it useful right out of the box,

The real question is who made it for tandy and what other name did it sell
as?

What about the NEC 8201?

Allison
Received on Wed Jul 21 1999 - 09:31:49 BST