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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18 Comments
tal@lemmy.today · 15 pts · 1y
Oh, damn, sorry --- this repost should have gone to the new community. Didn't realize this one had been unlocked.
looks embarrassed
Crossposting.
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
Where is the new community please?
tal@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 1y
!CassetteFuturism@lemmy.world
The lemm.ee instance is going down at the end of the month.
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 1y
Thanks!
Num10ck@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
hmm what other .ee replacements should we can subscribing to? anyone have a list?
moodymellodrone@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
There’s a Lemm.ee communities migration megathread here:
https://lemmy.world/post/30859458
rimu@piefed.social · 10 pts · 1y
A cassette AND little rolls of paper! Amazing 😍
kamenlady@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
The transparent plastic archive thingy bottom left. Keeps the important pieces of paper. Glorious.
Badabinski@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 1y
God microcassetes are so fucking cool
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 1y
It's dawning on me how much my life could be improved by a receipt printer built into my latop:
Okay...I guess that's it. Still - awesome.
tal@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 1y
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.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 1y
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!
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
Ooh. Neat. Thanks.
perishthethought@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
Damn. You could hack into so many mainframes with this!
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
*swoon*
chaoticnumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
My god those kecaps are amazing, loom at that finger hugging deep dish
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
Have a look on AliExpress for a decent Gmk Rome SA profile keycap set, that'll get you pretty close.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Not sure I've ever seen one! And not IRL! Had no idea such a thing was on the market when I was 9.