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Dinosaur sightings: Osborne 1 and TRS-80 4P
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Digg thisCNET Networks' TechRepublic runs a regular feature called "Dinosaur Sightings" in which it takes a nostalgic look at vintage computers. CNET News.com is publishing this excerpt.
When it comes to dinosaur computers in the "luggable" category, the first name that should always be mentioned is the Osborne 1. We can talk about innovation with the Air, but we should first consider a PC that was truly revolutionary back in 1981. The Osborne 1 was the first completely self-contained portable computer.
Coming along a few years later was the Radio Shack TRS80 Model 4P, which refined the concepts laid out by the Osborne 1 and made lugging a computer from here to there a common everyday reality for many.
Caption text by TechRepublic's Mark Kaelin.
Credit: Mark Kaelin/CNET Networks
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don't forget the Kaypro
smlinde
May 7, 2008, 2:22 PM PDT
old comp
ronron50
Mar 23, 2008, 3:11 PM PDT
Dino's are still alive
Sandflea28
Mar 21, 2008, 7:41 AM PDT
TRS-4P
gckondos
Mar 21, 2008, 6:55 AM PDT
Osbourne Computer
balisue
Mar 20, 2008, 4:51 PM PDT
Love these computer flashbacks
wango2007
Mar 20, 2008, 1:44 PM PDT
