IBM Portable Personal Computer

The IBM Portable Personal computer was an IBM PC XT in a beige, portable housing with integrated graphics- 9-inch screen ( cathode ray tube), in amber-colored, monochrome versions. The keyboard formed the bottom of the case and also served to protect the screen and the floppy disk drive on the front of the PC. You could work for either only above or completely unclipped and was joined by spiral cable with RJ connectors on the front panel. To stow the keyboard had the cable into a designated slot are stored in the upper part.

The Portable weighed 15 kg and was supplied at an additional cost in a blue carrier bag made ​​of linen. With shockproof 10 MB hard disk and 256 KB memory - an upgrade to 640 kB surcharge was possible - were about DM 20,000 to pay ( according to today's purchasing power 19,000 euros ). A 5 1/4-inch floppy disk drive ( floppy disk ) belonged to the standard equipment. It was in February 1984, the first portable IBM PC in the class of portables after Compaq had already successfully launched its IBM-compatible portable on the market a year earlier.

It could be fitted with extensions multiple slots, some only with short design. To connect an external monitor had to be installed an additional graphics card.

As a special convenience, an approximately 1 cm high pocket for 5 1/4-Zoll-Disketten was present on the floppy disk drive. However, such a feature already offered the first portable computer ( Osborne 1).

The Portable had a power supply that could be operated with either 110 or 230 volts, 50/60 Hz. He thus offered good conditions for mobile and international use. Battery operation was unthinkable due to the demand for electricity. After about one hour of operation, the housing was so hot that you could not hang on the body painlessly hand. However, the PC for that time was reliable, even if the life of the screen was limited.