"Woz" IIgs, & Dynabyte computers...

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Mon Nov 3 13:19:59 2003

On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, chris wrote:

> What would be considered the first "laptop" by today's laptop standards?
> (ie: can actually sit on your lap, and has a self contained battery power
> supply, screen, and keyboard).

The Epson HX-20 (most likely).

> I saw someone the other day try to claim that Apple released the first
> laptop computer (Mac Portable), but I'm sure it wasn't anywhere near the
> first (it was released in 1989 IIRC)

Some people just aren't privvy to the inane facts we computer collectors
carry around in our heads.

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