Ricardus is a user on mastodon.sdf.org. You can follow them or interact with them if you have an account anywhere in the fediverse. If you don't, you can sign up here.

From the cool #retrocomputing file, how about the Outbound Notebook from 1989, a portable Mac clone that depended on scavenging a ROM from an actual Mac in order to boot. Apple obsoleted these folks out of business ASAP.

Notably, the Outbound used a "pointer bar" that rolled vertically and slid horizontally for cursor movement. Also, it used commonly available camcorder batteries rather than a custom battery to try to make it easier for users to get spares and replacements - what a novel concept!

obsoletecomputermuseum.org/out

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outbound

Ricardus @Ricardus

@djsundog One of my computers is on that site.

· Web · 0 · 1