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> > 3) What company made the first "Portable" (luggable) computers?
> It was either Kaypro or Osborne. The Ozzy had a little tiny 40-column
> screen and dual 5.25" floppies. The Kaypro had an 80-column screen
> and dual floppies.
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I had a compaq 'portable' that was the size of an old, big, not-yet invented 486, but had a monitor embedded in the box. 15 years later, my brother tried to use this computer for something real, and I had to explain to him why I couldn't shlep around this thing, and why it wouldn't do that much for him altogether.
He probably still has it.
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