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  1. A Guy
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    What a difference 30 years makes...


    30 years ago, the Osborne 1 made its debut as the world's first portable PC

    What a difference 30 years makes...-osborne1.jpg

    24 pounds, 5" display, $1,795

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  3. Ciara
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    30 years ago ... Wow thats like ancient !
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  4. Maguscreed
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    Many a caveman was killed by quick predators because of the weight of this crude device.
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  6. rbeldua
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    amazing... imagine the ram it uses on that time (64kb), i wonder if i could play galaxian or asteriods in that one
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  7. mjf
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    Ciara said:
    30 years ago ... Wow thats like ancient !
    And in really ancient times, 10 years before that, we had men walking and driving on the moon.
    They would have loved that computer.
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  8. Maguscreed
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    ...yeah those crazy ancient people and their space travel....
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  10. smsff7
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    I bet someone could build a ni9ce computer in one of those cases with only a little modding
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  11. Maguscreed
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    I've always liked this guy's work, kind of a steam punk feel.
    Datamancer.net - Technical Art and Steampunk Contraptions
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  12. Karln
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    With the big floppy. Its just shows the incredible progress of informatique in 30 years.
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  13. Fayla
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    That looks like my shredder
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