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[REPOST] Epson HX-20 / HC-20 - first laptop 1980
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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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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!