Who was first?

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Sun Jan 25 22:02:27 2004

Har har, I swear, a brochure with the Royal McBee LGP-30 or is it LGP-21
calls it "portable". One person can carry it (well the CPU cabinet
anyways).

We've had this thread recently... :-)

tomj

On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 18:35, Wayne Smith wrote:
> > > it wasn't the first
> > > portable by a long chalk but which one does everyone remember?
> >
> > Since the first portable was the Hyperion and I have a
> > basement full of them, I'm hoping that people have long memories.
> >
> I think the first one to "call" itself a "portable" was the "IBM 5100
> Portable Computer" - circa 1975 (although I think there might have been
> a 1950s computer that also called itself a "portable" in that you could
> move it around on a truck).
>
> -W
>
>
>
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