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Model 4P On the Go
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krebizfan
Veteran Member
I don't know about using a 4P like that but I did see people carrying around the lunchpails from Compaq, Kaypro, and Osborne. Good thing the early 80s were a time when executives were expected to work out.
The 4P was rather late to the market and smaller form laptops started becoming commonplace soon after the 4P was announced. Another case of Tandy jumping on a market just as the market was ending.
IBM PC based lunchpails lasted a long time because they could include normal ISA cards and thus could do a lot of portable diagnostic tasks. I think I was still seeing Compaq Portable style cases used for network analysis through about 1995.
The 4P was rather late to the market and smaller form laptops started becoming commonplace soon after the 4P was announced. Another case of Tandy jumping on a market just as the market was ending.
IBM PC based lunchpails lasted a long time because they could include normal ISA cards and thus could do a lot of portable diagnostic tasks. I think I was still seeing Compaq Portable style cases used for network analysis through about 1995.
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Capt. 2110
Experienced Member
It's only 26 pounds! XD
Meanwhile, 15 years later:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_IIIx
Also, isn't the Tandy 600 from 1985 more portable than this? Although, the 600 couldn't run many programs from what I can tell...
Meanwhile, 15 years later:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_IIIx
Also, isn't the Tandy 600 from 1985 more portable than this? Although, the 600 couldn't run many programs from what I can tell...
krebizfan
Veteran Member
Yes, the Tandy 600 was 10 pounds but the Data General One which was a full on DOS laptop with a much better screen that weighed 9 pounds was already available.
kyodai
Experienced Member
Pretty cool portable since it has 2 disk drives, could use one for the system and one for data without ever swapping disks. Gonna be the king of all executives...