Re: Watch IBM's TV ad touting its first portable PC, a 50-lb marvel

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From: Bob Eager
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 20:10

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On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 13:33:03 -0700, Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote:

> Watch IBM's TV ad touting its first portable PC, a 50-lb marvel
> https://www.fastcompany.com/90178913/watch-ibms-1970s-ad-touting-its-
> first-portable-pc-a-50-lb-marvel

Reminds me a lot of the HP85, which we purchased for one of my Ph.D. 
students to use.

I still have a PC Portable (5155) from  the mid-1980s.

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