KG7PFS Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) I'm looking for information on 8-bit, (not 68000 or x86) battery powered, full clamshell notebooks. I know of only five from the mid-80's, the Tandy 200, NEC PC8400, NEC PC8500, Sord IS-11c, and Bondwell Model 2. Were there any more? I know about the Thorn EMI Liberator, but I heard it was crippled so you couldn't exit the word processor and use it for anything else. Is that true? There were also a few 8-bit portables in the early 90's, like the Laser PC-4 and PC-5, but the only clamshell I know of was the Amstrad NC-200. Were there any others? Edited November 30, 2021 by KG7PFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krebizfan Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) Brother Super Powernote. Interestingly, the Super Powernote and the Dreamwriter 200 (variant of the NC-200) had 1.44 MB floppy drive. I think some of the Japanese clamshell wordprocessors have to be 8-bit machines but I can't find a listing of the CPU in the Panasonic KX-WL50 which only has 48K of RAM. If you count prototypes, there was the Sinclair Pandora with the world's least practical display technology. Edited November 30, 2021 by Krebizfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 There were some Epsons with fold down screens, but they weren't clamshell designs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle_jedi Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Would the Tiger Learning Computer qualify on this list? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KG7PFS Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, oracle_jedi said: Would the Tiger Learning Computer qualify on this list? ? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fimbulvetr Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 While not vintage, Retroradionics makes a laptop ZX Spectrum clone that can be run off batteries. https://retroradionics.co.uk/#!/OMNI-128HQ-LAPTOP/p/75106221/category=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGT Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Toshiba had a number of 8088 variant (80C88) laptops--the T1100, the T1200 and the 1000 which came out in the mid to late 80s. I had a T1000 that I used into the mid 90s until I finally entered the brave new world of a Windows compatible machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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