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We had an HP-150 in 1983, it felt like the future. 3.5” floppy, touch screen. Incredible. Unfortunately it was a loaner from HP and Dad had to give it back eve

We had an HP-150 in 1983, it felt like the future. 3.5” floppy, touch screen. Incredible. Unfortunately it was a loaner from HP and Dad had to give it back eventually.

azinman2 6y ago
Here’s their launch video: https://youtu.be/VrlY-aPOW7E https://youtu.be/VrlY-aPOW7E Aside from the fact that this presenter and presentation is almost a stereotype of mac vs pc, it is interesting to see how touch was used. There are elements that now look very familiar — PAM being much like the Home Screen of smart phones, selecting text, direct manipulation of individual elements... but of course it would have been a not super great touch experience in both technical capacity to recognize the touch, inability to drag (?), and most importantly, gravity working against you here. The mouse would soon replace their vision for touch and fix all these fundamental problems. Still cool to see what they thought was important then: business.