Re: Apple IIc --- the lightest computer of its time?

[julian814@hotmail.com (Ralph Glatt)]

Jeff Thomas <a2forever@usa.net> wrote in message news:<3F38B0F9.C8DF1EB2@usa.net>...
> I am having a bit of a debate as to whether the Apple //c was the
> lightest portable computer around at the time in 1984, weighing 7 1/2
> pounds and could be bundled with flat-panel Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
> screen. I say, it was, but is it? Thankfully, luggables (remember
> those?) are no longer around!

Well, if you're talking about setups that can be used, you may be
right. If you're just talking about the computer itself, I think the
Sinclair ZX81 came in as the lightest. Darn thing weighed less than a
pound, and was about as small as a paperback book!



Ralph Glatt