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Back when portable computers were being transformed into purpose-built device, this is an Epson HX-40 (PX-4) with a spectrum analyzer "backpack" added on making it an Ivie PC-40. It holds multiple boards and a large battery. I am sure there were a lot of device like this. #retrocomputing

15/10/26, 3:44 pm1 repost14 likes

Ryan Farley

@ryanfarley.co

I just wrote about some of the HX-20's hilarious advertisements! These were really cool devices: buttondown.com/suchbadtecha...

buttondown.comThe very bad ad for the world's very first laptopThe Epson marketing team had dozens of incredibly compelling, and baffling, ideas for showing off their lap computer.

Stephen Cass

@stephencass.bsky.social

Gorgeous. 10/10.