EV>> BK>  My first PC was a portable, sold by some company I don't   
   EV>> BK>  remember. I bought the portable so I could take it to work.   
   EV>> BK> They   
   EV>> BK>  had no expansion capability, but a plug for an external   
   EV>> BK>  expansion bus. They never sold the external bus, couldn't get   
   EV>> 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 weight of a modern laptop, but without   
    the display, and not much else we have now. It wasn't bad, just   
    not expandable.   
      
    TW> Whan I hear "Luggable" PC/s IO think of Compaq, Osborne and   
    TW> Kaypro. Never had one for freinds have had then. As I recal   
    TW> the Keyporo was the most sducessful and becasue both the   
    TW> Osborne and the Kaypro were popular and used the CPM   
    TW> operating system thare was a lot of Free software that I   
    TW> could run on my Commodore 128 in CPM Mode. ---   
      
    I had a Kaypro for a short time. Then had an old one from a   
    co-worker who died. Got rid of them both. Never did get much use   
    out of them.   
      
    There was a book store near here, nice place, that decided to   
    push profits by dealing computers on the side. They went with   
    the Osborne.   
      
    Not too long after they went out of business. I don't know if   
    the computers had much to do with that, but I did thing dealing   
    in a produce you know nothing about is a bad idea. Esp for a   
    small business.   
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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