Windows Rant

[Liam Proven]

On 13 July 2010 02:06, Douglas Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:

>     What's a lugable.  I don't remember ever hearing that
> term.                    Doug

"Luggable" (two Gs) was an informal term in the 1980s for
lunchbox-sized portable mains-powered computers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_computer

Famous examples included the Osborne-1, Commodore SX64 and the Compaq
Portable 1, II and III.

One of the last companies making machines of that formfactor was Dolch:
http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/Portable-Industrial-PC-has-6-full-size-expansion-slots-6767

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