[inforoots] Comments on the laptop / Grid thread

[Michael Hart]

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, 'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:

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> ...Just realized that my replies weren't posting because I sent them from
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> Anyway, here are some thoughts.
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> - Here's a round-up of small computers from January 1984 (by Creative
> Computing founder David Ahl) which includes the terms "notebook" and
> "portable" but not "laptop"... Interesting since Gavilan supposedly tried to
> coin the phrase "laptop" a year earlier:
> http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n1/38_14_notebook_computers_in_.ph
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> - Someone else mentioned Manny Fernandez.  I've been trying to reach him for
> over a year via his company SI Ventures but no one there ever answers the
> phone or returns my messages.  Anyone here have some insight on reaching
> him?  I really, really, really want to document the history of Gavilan.
>
> - Speaking of which, I have a Gavilan and a Grid 1101 in my personal
> collection.  I need to work on the Gavilan but the Grid 1101 works fine and
> I have the manuals too.  So if anyone visits northern NJ or the NYC region
> in general, just email me and I'll be happy to meet up for a demo.

I have a Grid, but it only boots from the floppy drive these days,
and also have an Osbourne One, some Kaypros, S-100, even back to
my first TeleType 33 and 9-track tape drive.  I even have a
Connection Machine in a garage.

I've been wondering how to get these, and perhaps me, into a museum.

;-)



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