Refurb weekend: Data General/One (and the worst LCD in the world) (oldvcr.blogspot.com)
from tedu to tech on 02 Apr 2024 05:29
https://azorius.net/g/tech/p/5FFq268YBy4G4fcmjP-Refurb-weekend-Data-GeneralOne-and-the-worst-LCD

I mentioned earlier that while I prefer specializing in non-x86 laptops, that doesn't mean I don't collect interesting or unusual x86 laptops, like the Brother GeoBook NB-60 (I finally tracked down a mostly working NB-80C, the top of the line model, which will be the subject of a future restoration). However, this one is a unit I've had since about 1998 when they were getting rid of it at the University I worked for, and in many ways a landmark PC laptop since it was the first battery-capable system with a full 80x25 or CGA 640x200 LCD — though with a notorious deficiency: more on that shortly — and also came with a terminal and text editor in ROM. This is the 1984 Data General/One.

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