We’re used to our laptop computers here in 2022 being ultra-portable, super-powerful ... Several devices made it to market, among them one from IBM which [OldVCR] has taken a look at.

[Yeo Kheng Meng] didn’t cheat by simply running MS-DOS on a modern PC, either: he tested the client on a real 1984 vintage IBM 5155 Portable PC. This semi-portable PC/XT model sports a 4.77 MHz ...

the Gavilan SC was more compact than rival IBM PC-compatible portable computers such as the 28 pounder (13 kg) Compaq Portable. Gavilan Computer Corp. declared bankruptcy and closed in 1985.

IBM-branded PCs and ThinkPads will be continue to be sold through existing IBM channels, including about 7,000 IBM PC business partners in the United States. id unit-1659132512259 ...