Laptop 89' Convention

http://www.cchronicles.com/files/3b442913b12648d4179b6f5736263c5f-64.html

Watch the full episode at the link above.

They weren't quite "notebook" computers yet, but laptops were replacing "luggables" in the portable computer category during the late 1980's. This program looks at the state of the art in portables including the Atari Portfolio, the GridPad, the Poqet PC, the Dynabook 286, the NEC Color Portable, Toshiba's T3200SX, IBM's P70 386, and the new Mac Portable. Average price for one of these laptops was about $5,000. Guests include Traveling Software CEO Mark Eppley.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• chronicles
• computer
• games
• mobile
• notebooks
• retro

[psivewri]

my compaq laptop doesn't even get 1.5 hours of battery lol

[spawngt]

omg that 2 inch floppy disk is so cute :3

[20bitee]

@Jackikalis There were extremely thin laptops way before the Macbook Air buddy.

[iToasterman]

@IndieGameWatch get 12.0

[Jackikalis]

Now we have the Macbook Air.

[MrBibi86]

what about if u want 365 days of charging?

[bloggieguy]

Epson made computers then too?

[bloggieguy]

wow i did not know Zenith used to make computers. I thought they just made tvs and vcrs

[VideoGameResearcher]

@locouk Hahahaha!!! :D Even though ,ost people don't use CDs and DVDs that much anymore because of hard drives, they better have a hard backup of their information on those disks because when (not if) their Hard Drives fail......

[badreality2]

@shaindaman13 Thank you. :)

[shaindaman13]

@badreality2 Ha ha. I like that word. "Wonky". That's a great description.

[badreality2]

Old laptops always look so wonky to me.