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roxana26398707 | 7 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +11 
 #dailypoll The first true laptop to make it to market, the Osborne 1, hit shelves in April 1981. Created by Adam Osborne, the computer featured a 12.7-centimetre (5-inch) screen and weighed 11.1 kilograms https://cdn.zbd.gg/ugc-uploads/2483bc11-1710052251927.jpeg
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johndhelm196372ec6522 | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes that's it, first computer  which was a typewriter,  printer,  & fax in one  , words & numbers have been data reinterpreted since 1981., & stored...my opinion, 93 I was around one, never had it working for me .outdated by then ,powered up
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Malazoth | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 A friend’s father had one of these. I wrote a program on it to change numerical bases. Friend’s dad was mystified by the code and asked me questions—he got motivated, studied programming, got a better job, and they moved to a larger city for his new job as a software engineer. I coded away my best friend.