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Original post by Crul@lemm.ee:
Source: Photo by Sandstein - File:Epson HX-20 in case - MfK Bern.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedia: Epson HX-20
The Epson HX-20 (also known as the HC-20) was the first “true” laptop computer. It was invented in July 1980 by Yukio Yokozawa, who worked for Suwa Seikosha, a branch of Japanese company Seiko (now Seiko Epson), receiving a patent for the invention.
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They actually do make little portable battery-powered ones. I was looking at them the other day when I was wondering how much it would cost to set up a Linux teletype terminal in response to some other comment.
https://www.amazon.com/Sunydog-Portable-Wireless-Compatible-Restaurant/dp/B0CL481GS1
Not built into the laptop, but can pull it out of a laptop bag and use it.
Yea, they’ve been around since about 2000, at least. I carried one then for work (I traveled a lot). Thermal printer the size of 2 decks of cards, ran on 4 AA batteries. I don’t recall ever replacing the batteries, and I just recycled it a couple years ago (donated to a tech group).
Oh, it connected either via USB or you could do infrared!
Ooh. Neat. Thanks.