Timeline of portable computers

Year Price CPU @ MHz Computer name Comment
1954 900 Vacuum tubes DYSEAC For the military, movable by truck.
1959 ~$1,600,000 USD /each Custom transistor cpu @ unknown MOBIDIC Truck-based for the military, five were built and deployed. Sylvania later offered a commercial version as the S 9400.

Clock speed is unknown but ADD instructions are documented as taking 16μs, i.e. ~62k ADD/s

1960 125,600 USD Germanium transistors @ 0.087 IBM 1401 Truck-based for military,[1][2] also touring Datamobile[3] for demos.
1975 8975 USD IBM PALM processor @ 1.9 IBM 5100 Portable Computer[4] 64K = 17 975 USD.
1975 4000 USD Motorola 6800 @ 1 MIT Suitcase Computer 4K SRAM, approx. 20 lbs. Built by David Emberson in the MIT Digital Systems Laboratory as a thesis project. Currently in the collection of Dr. Hoo-Min D. Toong.
1976 50 000 USD Z80? @ 1 Xerox NoteTaker
1977 2495 USD Z80 Versatile 2[5][6]
1978 10 225 USD IBM PALM processor @ 1.9 IBM 5110[7]
1979 375 USD 6502 @ 1, 1K Rockwell AIM-65 20 Character alphanumeric display.[5][8][9]
1979 3250 USD Custom HP 8 bit @ 0.613 Hewlett-Packard Model 85[10]
1980 ? PA512 Made in Serbia.
1980 230 USD SC43177, SC43178 TRS-80 Pocket Computer[11]
1980 Intel 8085 @ 2.0 Portal R2E CCMC The Portal was a portable microcomputer designed and marketed by the studies and developments department of the french firm R2E Micral in 1980 at the request of the company CCMC specializing in payroll and accounting. It was equipped with a central 64K byte Ram, a keyboard with 58 alpha numeric keys and 11 numeric keys (separate blocks), a 32-character screen, a floppy disk: capacity = 140 000 characters, of a thermal printer: speed = 28 characters / second, an asynchronous channel, a synchronous channel, a 220V power supply. Designed for an operating temperature of 15 ° C to 35 ° C, it weighed 12Kg and its dimensions were 45cm x 45cm x 15cm. It provided total mobility. Its operating system was PROLOGUE.
1981 1795 USD Z80 @ 4.0 Osborne 1
1981 795 USD 2x Hitachi 6301 @ 0.614 Epson HX-20[12]
1981 Z80 compatible Husky (computer)[13]
1982 8088 @ 4.77 Columbia Data Products
1982 Z80A @ 4 Grundy NewBrain
1982 Z80 @ 2.5 Kaypro
1982 [14] 8000 USD 8086 @ ? Grid Compass 1100 NASA laptop
1982 Z80 @ 4.0 Osborne Executive
1983 x86 Hyperion (computer)
1983 x86 Compaq Portable
1983 1099 USD 80C85 @ 2.4 TRS-80 Model 100 40 x 8 LCD
1983 Z80A, 8086, 128K Seequa Chameleon [5]
1983 Z80A @ 3.4 Sord IS-11
1983 1595 USD Z80A @ 4 Zorba
1984 4225 USD 8088 @ 4.77 IBM 5155[15]
1984 Z80 Actrix (computer)
~1984 8088 @ 4.77 Bondwell-8
1984 995 USD Z80 @ 2.45 Epson PX-8 Geneva[16]
1984 6502 @ 1.02 Commodore SX-64
1984 x86 Data General-One
1984 Z80 @ 4.0 Osborne Vixen
1984 80C88 ZP-150
1984 595 USD HP-71B Calculator programmable in BASIC
1984 2995 USD Harris 80C86 @ 5.33 HP 110 80 x 16 LCD, 300 baud modem
1984 1965 GBP 8086 @ 4.77 Apricot Portable First portable computer with 25-line LCD. Included speech recognition, wireless keyboard, and optional wireless mouse.
1985 995 USD Z80 @ 4 Bondwell-2
1985 Harris 80C86 @ 5.33 HP 110 Plus 80 x 25 LCD, 1200 baud modem
1985 1899 USD Toshiba T1100 80C88 @ 4.77 Toshiba T1100 80 x 25 LCD
1986 8088 @ 4.77 IBM 5140
1986 Intel 80286 @ 8 Compaq Portable II
1986 ? LPA512
1987 Z80 Cambridge Z88
1988 Intel 8088 NEC UltraLite
1988 68HC000 @ 8 Atari STacy
1989 Intel 8088 @ 4.9152 Atari Portfolio
1989 2000 USD Intel 80C88 @ 7 Poqet PC (Classic)
1989 8086 @ 9.55 Compaq LTE
1989 Motorola 68000 @ 16 Macintosh Portable
1989 Motorola 68000 @ 15 Outbound Laptop
1991 Motorola 68000 @ 8 ST BOOK [17][18]
1991 NEC V20 @ 5.37 HP 95LX
1991 2300 USD Motorola 68000 @ 16 Apple PowerBook 100
1992 IBM 486SLC @ 25 IBM ThinkPad
1992 Z80, 64K Amstrad NC100
1992 4950 USD CY601 + CY604 @ 25 MHz SPARCbook1 Unix with SunOS
1993 Intel "Hornet" 80186 @ 7.91 HP 100LX
1993 ? AlphaSmart
1994 Intel "Hornet" 80186 @ 7.91 HP 200LX
1995 IBM ThinkPad Butterfly keyboard
1997 Intel Pentium @ 150 IBM Thinkpad 380
2001 SA-1110 @ 206 SIMpad

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IBM 1401: The Mainframe".
  2. ↑ "Columbia University Computing History: IBM 1401".
  3. ↑ "IBM 1401: Cultural Impacts".
  4. ↑ "IBM 5100 computer". 090508 oldcomputers.net
  5. 1 2 3 "MicrocomputerChronology". 090508 is2.lse.ac.uk
  6. ↑ "old-computers.com : The Museum". 090508 old-computers.com
  7. ↑ "IBM 5110 computer". 090508 oldcomputers.net
  8. ↑ "Weird World of Hardware". 090508 trygve.com
  9. ↑ "Rockwell AIM-65 computer". 090508 oldcomputers.net
  10. ↑ "Old Computers – rare, vintage, and obsolete computers". 090508 oldcomputers.net
  11. ↑ "Radio Shack TRS-80 Pocket Computer". 090508 oldcomputers.net
  12. ↑ "Epson HX-20 computer". 090508 oldcomputers.net
  13. ↑ "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". 090508 old-computers.com
  14. ↑ "World's first laptop. Osborne 1 GRiD Compass 1101.". 090519 thelong..last.com
  15. ↑ "IBM 5155 portable computer". 090508 oldcomputers.net
  16. ↑ "Epson PX-8 computer". 090508 oldcomputers.net
  17. ↑ "Planet Irata: Atari ST Book Notebook Computer". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. 090508 geocities.com
  18. ↑ "Chips in ATARI-Computern mit TOS-Betriebssystem". 090508 xs4all.nl
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