History of laptops
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The history of laptops describes the efforts, begun in the 1970s, to build small, portable laptop computers that combine the components, inputs, outputs and capabilities of a desktop computer in a sma
Alan Kay in 2008 with his 1972 Dynabook mockup
R2E CCMC Portal laptop
An opened Osborne 1 (1981)
Compaq Portable (1983)
TRS-80 Model 100
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The TRS-80 Model 100 is a notebook-sized portable computer introduced in April 1983. It was the first commercially successful notebook computer, as well as one of the first notebook computers ever rel
History of laptops
…could connect to optional external printers. The year 1983 also saw the launch of what was probably the biggest-selling early laptop, the 8-bit Kyocera Kyotronic 85. Owing much to the design of the previous Epson HX-20, and although at first a slow seller in Japan, it was quickly licensed by Tandy Corporation…
Radio Shack TRS 80 Model 100
The internals of the TRS-80 Model 100. The left half is the back.
Tandy Model 200
A Tandy 102 portable and Tandy 200 laptop