The latest of these cyberdecks, a dual screen “luggable” reminiscent of classic computers like the Compaq Portable or Kaypro, comes our way from [dapperrogue].

He rescued the original 28 pound Compaq luggable and turned it into a work of art. He also managed to get it up on the Internet and pointed it at the Hackaday retro edition, ...

The all-in-one design of the Compaq Portable contained an entire PC in a luggable case. The 28 pound Portable was not very mobile but with the big keyboard latched to cover the 9-inch green screen ...

The device came to be known as the "luggable", and it took off with the public. Compaq sold about 53,000 luggables in its first year. The company joined the desktop PC fray in 1984 and three years ...

Technically speaking, the Compaq Portable, with a weight of 27 pounds, was considered less a portable than a “luggable,” but it nevertheless possessed a certain coolness factor that caught ...

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A slick and streamlined documentary about the ambitious Houston mavericks who challenged the supremacy of then-dominant IBM in the 1980s with their revolutionary concept for a portable computer.

Jeff Alexander loves to tinker. The 35-year Microsoft Australia veteran says he used to be called the ‘gadget guy’ and remembers pulling apart Compaq luggable computers to understand how they worked – ...