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tal@lemmy.today to Cassette Futurism@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days ago

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

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

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tal@lemmy.today to Cassette Futurism@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 days ago
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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.

Seen on Functional object - Object, Epson, Epson portable computer, 1980-1989

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    4 days ago

    My god those kecaps are amazing, loom at that finger hugging deep dish

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    It’s dawning on me how much my life could be improved by a receipt printer built into my latop:

    • Quick grocery list to stuff in my pocket.
    • Crinkly on-demanf business cards.

    Okay…I guess that’s it. Still - awesome.

    • tal@lemmy.todayOP
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      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
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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!

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    Oh, damn, sorry — this repost should have gone to the new community. Didn’t realize this one had been unlocked.

    looks embarrassed

    Crossposting.

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      Where is the new community please?

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        !CassetteFuturism@lemmy.world

        The lemm.ee instance is going down at the end of the month.

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          hmm what other .ee replacements should we can subscribing to? anyone have a list?

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            There’s a Lemm.ee communities migration megathread here:

            https://lemmy.world/post/30859458

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          Thanks!

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    Wow even equipped with toilet paper on the left there for those who can’t step away from the computer. Seiko sure knew their audience.

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    *swoon*

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    Damn. You could hack into so many mainframes with this!

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    A cassette AND little rolls of paper! Amazing 😍

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      The transparent plastic archive thingy bottom left. Keeps the important pieces of paper. Glorious.

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    Literally cassette futurism, love that tape drive

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