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The HP95LX [1] was introduced in 1991, ran from two AA batteries, has MS-DOS and include a ROM version of the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. Eight years earlier, in
by stevesimmons 5y ago
The HP95LX [1] was introduced in 1991, ran from two AA batteries, has MS-DOS and include a ROM version of the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet.
Eight years earlier, in 1983, the Tandy TRS-80 Model 100 [2] was remarkable: 4 line x 40 char display, 8kB RAM, powered by 4 AA batteries, all for $799.
Incidentally, the May 1983 issue of Byte magazine in [2] was themed "The Electronic Office" and is full of ads for Apple, Microsoft and IBM products, amongst others. Back then, a 20MB hard drive was $3300, equivalent to $9000 in today's money.
[1] http://hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=202 http://hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=202
[2] https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-05/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-05/page/n15/m...