Portacomp III 386-25

Portacomp III 386-25

This is a fairly early portable computer that apparently predates laptops. It reminds me of two machines I used to own. One was an XT class portable Compaq. It was older than this one and had a small CRT display instead of the gas plasma like this one. The other was a 386 laptop of similar specs that did have a gas plasma display. Gas plasma was a monochrome flat panel technology that predated LCD. That's the coolest thing about it in my opinion. They weren't great displays for motion as anytime anything moved you couldn't see anything but blur but it had this cool orange glow that just screams retro-futurism. The picture doesn't do it justice.