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For questions about portable computers, including laptops and "luggables".
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Were there ever any dumb terminals in a portable form factor?
Unix
On page 44 of his book Unix: A History and a Memoir, in the context of a photo showing Thompson and Ritchie next to a PDP-11 around 1972, Brian Kernighan briefly mentions an experimental portable … Kernighan used the portable terminal from home a couple of times.
PLATO
Although not a commercial product, at CDC Jock Hill developed several prototypes of a portable PLATO terminal. …