IBM 5100

[SHAUN RIPLEY]

--- "Charles E. Fox" <foxvideo at wincom.net> wrote:

> At 02:42 AM 07/08/2004, you wrote:
> >Hello ClassicCmp friends,
> >
> >Right now as I type this an interview is in
> progress on the
> >Coast to Coast AM late night radio talk show about
> a supposed
> >time traveler who went back from 2036 to 1975 to
> obtain a
> >classic computer, specifically IBM 5100.  Needless
> to say,
> >this story got me highly intrigued.
> >
> >Since I don't really know anything about the
> machine in question,
> >I thought I would ask the collective list wisdom. 
> There must have
> >been something really special about IBM 5100 for
> them to go back
> >for it from 2036.  Does anyone know anything about
> that machine?
> >
> >MS
> 
>          Vintage 1976,  IBM's first "portable
> computer", about 50 pounds, 
> no handles.    The one I have is still in working
> condition.
It seems that portability is the key point here.

vax, 3900

> 
>          Cheers
> 
>                  Charlie Fox
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> 
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