The Obsolete Technology Website presents:
The First Laptop computers:

1980
TRS-80
Pocket Computer
The first laptop computers! "Click" the images to see more information.
Laptop and pocket computers have been around for decades, but bear little resemblance to today's powerful systems.

What defines a laptop computer? Most people agree on light-weight, battery operation, with the keyboard and display device in a self-contained package. A full-size keyboard may or may not be a requirement, depending on your view-point.

Even the earliest systems were true computers, with tiny keyboards and tiny screens. They required no operating system to control their simple hardware - they were usually programmable in the popular BASIC programming language, or had their own proprietary operating system.
1981
Epson
HX-20
1982
GRiD
Compass 1129

Panasonic
HHC

HP-75C
1983
TI CC-40

TRS-80
model 100

Gavilan SC

TRS-80
PC3
1984
TRS-80
model 200

Epson
PX-8

Sord
IS-11

HP-110
1985
Kaypro
2000
1986
IBM
Convertible
1987
Linus
Write-Top
1989
Atari
Portfolio

Macintosh
Portable

Atari
Stacy

Zenith
MiniSport
1991
Apple
PowerBook



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