World’s first laptop, 25 years old and still running

Re:World’s first laptop, 25 years old and still running by Luc on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @03:22AM (#1833380)

Everybody knows the GRiD Compass was the first laptop! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_Compass

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Re:World’s first laptop, 25 years old and still running by rbanffy on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @05:26AM (#1833574)

Sadly, no.

And that was a claim that didn't resist 15 seconds of googling.

There were a couple portables that could be called laptops before the Toshibas. The TRS-80 model 100, its NEC cousin. Even if we are talking of MS-DOS, PC-compatible computers, the Data General One predates this one by quite a bit.

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Re:World’s first laptop, 25 years old and still running by joezydeco on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @08:41AM (#1833929)

And the Osborne 1 predates the DG-1 by 3 years, although it was a CP/M machine (remember THAT?)

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Re:World’s first laptop, 25 years old and still running by rbanffy on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @08:44AM (#1833940)

Of course I remember them. However, an Osborne one is a laptop if you can use it on your lap.

The Epson HX-20 laptop also ran CP/M (as an option, AFAIK).

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