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TheWausauDude t1_iu4gj9y wrote

Reply to comment by fangelo2 in This was a high end laptop in 1989. It’d cost 12,000 $ in today’s prices by Read_Icculus_

I’ve got an old Ibm “portable” pc that’s more of a suitcase from 1983 laying around yet. It fires up but immediately takes you to what looks like an old version of Basic. While it has a hard drive I’m sure it’s probably bad as the light for it seems to just cycle on and off over and over.

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notacanuckskibum t1_iu6x2qv wrote

The one where the keyboard acts as a lid, with a 3” screen and twin 5” floppy drives? I remember working on one of those. Geophysics and charting.

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TheWausauDude t1_iu70y1f wrote

Yeah that’s it. The keyboard folds down and you have the little yellow monochrome screen on the left with the drives on the right. Keyboard connects with what appears to be a phone jack. It even has a carry case that zips up around it, but I can’t imagine lugging one of those around. Damn thing must weigh at least 20-30lbs.

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notacanuckskibum t1_iu71gfe wrote

Yes. More a luggable than a laptop. But we were heading into rural Norway with Land Rovers and stuff. The ability to bring a computer of any type along was mind blowing at the time.

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