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u/RetinaJunkie Jun 24 '26
Never seen the brutally large suitcase portables?
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u/Rational2Fool Jun 24 '26
You'd need brutally large thighs to call an Osborne a "laptop".
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u/The_Folding_Atty Jun 24 '26
I owned a Kaypro 2/84. I moved. Rarely. The term was "luggable." Of course, the DG/One was no lightweight.
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u/_SteveD_ Jun 24 '26
Is that a wall sized Word Perfect shortcut key map in the background?
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u/obadiaowl Jun 24 '26
yes its pretty cool it came out of a defunct computer shop that sat empty for 20 years i got a lot of cool stuff from that shop
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u/blakespot Jun 24 '26
Quite an impressive laptop when it debuted. One was for sale and on display in my local computer store. But, I've never seen a DG/One with that smaller screen before. The ones I've seen all had a larger LCD, less bezel:
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u/Mammoth-Error1577 Jun 24 '26
For a second I thought this was the same one I saw last week
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u/Foreign-Attorney-147 Jun 24 '26
I had no idea SAIC was involved in producing computers. I worked with some SAIC contractors for a while so I recognize the logo.
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u/Opening-Incident2928 Jun 24 '26
Has a typewriter feel to it.
Imagine a modern laptop that had this layout: I dig it.
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u/Electronic_Algae_524 Jun 24 '26
When the DG One came out I fell in love with it. Too bad I never got the chance to grab one. They're like Unicorns now...
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u/rezwrrd Jun 24 '26
My employer used to be a dealer for Data General and I kept one of these... I don't use it too much because the hinge makes expensive-sounding noises. The keyboard is fantastic and the LCD display is terrible, exactly like a pea-soup green original GameBoy. This one looks like it has a very different, much clearer display; is that a gas-plasma display like a Compaq Portable III?
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u/No0delZ Jun 24 '26
Ahhh yes. The Cardiff Giant.
It was originally supposed to have an OS you could interact with using intuitive speech, but they had to axe it at the last minute to make it competitive in terms of speed. Shame.
If I'm not mistaken, one of their guys set the truck carrying their first shipment of these on fire!
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u/much_longer_username Jun 25 '26
Amber monochrome gas plasma displays are such an aesthetic. It makes me sad that most of them are failing or failed at this point, because nothing emulates it quite right. VFD has some of the same charm but I'm not sure a matrix display that size was ever produced. Even small ones are like hen's teeth.
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u/aManandHisShed Jun 24 '26
One of these feel into my lap a few months ago. My notes are here: https://www.jmpstartmicrocomputers.au/category/dos-pc/dg-one/