Old Computers [PREV] Not your conventional cassette player..

This is neat, MCI "E-Mail" from 1988, I love the laptop! I bet it was a zillion dollars at the time.

 

Another cool little portable, the Sharp Zaurus from 1995, anybody familar with this little guy? The Newton came out in 93 so this isn't a trend-setter but I remember how we were all promised electronic note-pads in the future. Soon, computers wouldn't need a keyboard, you'd be able to do it all with a stylus.

 

After the microcomputers the little note pads took off like a rocket. I was in sales and loved the idea of having so much information without carrying around a laptop. Personally I had an HP but watched with excitment when some guys broke from Palm and started Handspring, after that everyone was making a copy. I think I used my HP until around 2008 then I just went full laptop with MS Streets and Trips installed with the GPS Dongle. Here's a link to a cool article about the good old days.

https://the-gadgeteer.com/2019/02/0...e-remembering-the-palmpilot-and-its-spinoffs/

 

Check out this aiwa from 1994, what a killer design, too bad we never saw this over here.

 

Over here you'd think Sony and aiwa would have a huge computer following but we mostly had Packard Bell, Compaq, ACER, AST and a few more. They were cheap, around $600 with lots of discounts compared with over $1500 USD for a real IBM.
https://dfarq.homeip.net/90s-computer-brands/