[computers] The Register makes a good case for the Minuteman 1’s nuclear missile guidance computer being the first truly portable computer … ‘We should celebrate this wonderful nuke. Oh sure, the computer system couldn’t run “Wordstar” or a game of “Colossal Cave,” like the Osborne 1, but how many computers do you know that can destroy the world? That feature offers some serious LAN-party cred right right there. And with a three-stage, solid-propellant rocket build in, travel is a breeze.’
The Register on the first “Portable Computer”
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