BK>>  My first PC was a portable, sold by some company I don't   
    BK>>  remember. I bought the portable so I could take it to work.   
    BK>> They   
    BK>>  had no expansion capability, but a plug for an external   
    BK>>  expansion bus. They never sold the external bus, couldn't get   
    BK>>  FCC clearance. Most likely, too much interference.   
      
    EV> Bob, Was it a Grid Luggable PC?   
    EV> A Friend of mine who worked for COuthern Bell bought the one   
    EV> he used from the Co. after they gave him a laptop.   
      
    It was about the size and shape and weight of a modern laptop,   
    only no screen, no Hard drive or cd, floppy only. Oh, and AC   
    only, no battery.   
      
    The company bought a Toshiba laptop, 3.5 floppy only, but it had   
    a screen and battery. It was bought for running temperature   
    checks on the ovens. When I set up some disks to program our   
    machine controls the boss got upset. Said that was only for oven   
    checks.   
      
    I pointed out that we did oven checks once a month, and the rest   
    of the month that computer sat around doing nothing. OTOH, the   
    old dedicated computers were used were about the size of a   
    Kaypro, a PITA to deal with, and had to go through boot up when   
    you hooked it up.   
      
    I told him, the laptop can boot up in the time it takes to get   
    it to the machine and hooked up, and be ready to use and save   
    time fixing a machine that might cost us $1000/hr to shut down.   
      
    That did persuade him. Or maybe we just ignored him, can't   
    really recall.   
      
      
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    Now that one I know.   
      
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