Year: 1982 Initial Price: $800 The HX-20 revolutionised computing in the early 80’s. Arguably the first notebook, it was definitely the first truly portable system at a reasonable price. It was preceded by a series of sewing-machine-cased, mains-powered luggables such as the Osborne 1 and Kaypro, weighing as much as 12kg and barely fitting…
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IBM PS/2 L40SX
Year: 1991 Initial Price: $5,995 CPU 386SX-20(MHz) RAM 2MB up to 18MB HDDFloppy 204080 MB Drive 3.5 inch drive Graphics VGA Display (640×480) STN Display This Computer was having a bad display and a faulty HDD Connector. It took me 2 weeks to finish this project. All working now! See more on Facebook
Atari 65XE
Year: 1988 Price: $129 These were the 65XE and 130XE (XE stood for XL-Expanded). They were announced in 1985, at the same time as the initial models in the Atari ST series, and visually resembled the Atari ST. Originally intended to be called the 900XLF, the 65XE had 64 KB of RAM and was…
Commodore Plus/4
Year: 1984 Price: $299 The Commodore Plus/4 is a home computer released by Commodore International in 1984. The “Plus/4” name refers to the four-application ROM resident office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, database, and graphing); it was billed as “the productivity computer with software built-in”. Internally, the Plus/4 shares the same basic architecture as the…
Highscreen 486 SX 25
Year: 1993 Initial Price: $1150 The Highscreen 486 SX 25 was a computer designed to out-stand the Toshiba T1900 Notebook computer. Because of its light weight and its big battery pack this notebook was bought as a desktop replacement power tool that you could take with you on the go. This computer was manufactured for…
Commodore 16
Year: 1984 Initial Price: £129 The Commodore 16 is a home computer made by Commodore International with a 6502-compatible 7501 or 8501 CPU, released in 1984 and intended to be an entry-level computer to replace the VIC-20. Media ROM Cartridge, Cassette tape Operating system Commodore BASIC 3.5 CPU MOS Technology 7501 or 8501 @ 0.89 MHz…
Osborne 1 -the first commercially successful portable microcomputer
INITIAL PRICE: $1795 \ $4729 in 2016 YEAR: 1981 The Osborne 1 was the first commercially successful portable microcomputer, released on April 3, 1981, by Osborne Computer Corporation. It weighed 10.7 kg (24.5 lb), cost $1,795 US, and ran the CP/M 2.2 operating system. Powered directly from a mains socket as it had no on-board battery, it…
Sharp PC-1500 – Japanese version (1981)
YEAR: 1981 Initial Price: Unknown The Sharp PC-1500 was a pocket computer produced by Sharp during 1981-1985. A rebadged version was also sold as the TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-2. The whole computer was designed around the LH5801, an 8-bit CPU similar to the Zilog Z80, but all laid-out in power-saving CMOS circuits. Equipped with 2KB…
Epson Equity LT
Year: 1989 Initial Price: ? The Epson Equity LT (model Q150A) Measurements are 12.2″ deep by 13.6″ wide by 3.2″ high. Standard RAM is 640K; ROM is 16K. Epson uses the V30 microprocessor, with dual speed of 4.77 or 10 MHz. Epson includes MS-DOS 3.2, GW-BASIC. To the left of the DIP switches are…
ATARI 800
YEAR: 1979 Initial Price: $ 999.95 Announced: December 1978 Released: November 1979 Price : US $999.95 CPU: MOS 6502,1.8MHz RAM: 8K base, 48K max Display: 24 X 40 text 320 x 192 monochrome 160 x 96 with 128 colors Expansion: 4 internal expansion slots 2 cartridge slots Ports: 4 controller ports RGB video output TV…
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