Blowing Up Old Computers

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
Date: Wed Aug 7 00:36:01 2002

> > Ob Classiccmp: How many non-wintel laptops are on-topic? My SPARCbook2
> > fits the bill I believe, are there any others? Not even clones or

> Tandy M100, M102, M200. Olivetti M10. And whatever the Kyocera version
> was called. (OK, they contain an 8085 CPU, which was originally an Intel
> design, but I don't think that's the normal meaning of 'Wintel')

Don't forget the NEC 8201A and likemindeds :-)

And, of course, the Commodore SX-64 qualifies as on-topic, though perhaps
not as a laptop (unless you're morbidly obese).

> HP75. It's arguable if this is a laptop, or a notebook, or what. It's a
> large pocket computer, running BASIC. 1 line LCD display. The processor
> is an HP Capricorn, so it's certainly not Wintel. I think it's fair to
> say that the HP71B is not a laptop (for all it's a very nice pocket
> computer).

Fine then, I submit the Sharp/Casio "Tandy Pocket Computer" series, the
Quasar and Panasonic HHCs, and the Texas Instruments CC40 as well :-)

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