Gavilan History Computing Hardware (2 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Gavilan SC | History of Computing Hardware, History of Computing Hardware (1960s-present), History of Hard Disk Drives | Lambert M. Surhone (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | OmniScriptum | EAN 9786133087316 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Gavilan SCwas an early laptop computer, and was the first ever to be marketed as a'laptop'. The brainchild of Gavilan Computer Corp. founder Manuel(Manny) Fernandez, the Gavilan was introduced in May, 1983, atapproximately the same time as the similar Sharp PC-5000. It came tomarket a year after the GRiD Compass, with which it shared severalpioneering details, notably a clamshell design, in which the screenfolds shut over the keyboard. The Gavilan, however, was more affordablethan the GRiD, at a list price of around US$ 4000. Unlike the GRiD, itwas equipped with a floppy disk drive and used the MS-DOS operatingsystem, although it was only partially IBM PC-compatible. Powered by a5-MHz Intel 8088 processor, it was equipped with a basic graphical userinterface, stored in its 48 kb of ROM.…