Post AdPfmvrYWdmGihVBRI by paulrickards@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AdPL2VYM0vbsiZ6eK8 by paulrickards@mastodon.social
       2023-12-31T19:58:14Z
       
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       My New Year’s resolution this year is 640x400x1 🥳Say Hello, World! to the new-to-me Macintosh Portable. This is the fancy backlit version (M5126). More luggable than laptop weighing in at 16 lbs. It’s just such a beast of a machine.It comes with this even larger travel case with room for lots of extra gear.#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #MacintoshPortable
       
 (DIR) Post #AdPL2XMjH7V2L5gOTw by paulrickards@mastodon.social
       2024-01-01T16:32:06Z
       
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       Let’s look inside the #MacintoshPortable, a marvel of all plastic engineering. It contains no screws and requiring only a flat head screw driver to disassemble it. It’s also nerve wracking for fear of breaking brittle plastic. The back holds the lead acid battery on the left and the right your choice of HD/FD or 2 FDs. Here I’ve installed a #BlueSCSI V2 desktop along with the 50 to 34 pin SCSI adapter.I’ve also installed a 8MB RAM card#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac
       
 (DIR) Post #AdPfmqRqenF7vWR5Au by paulrickards@mastodon.social
       2024-01-01T18:34:56Z
       
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       A Macintosh Portable Snow White appreciation post 😍#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #MacintoshPortable
       
 (DIR) Post #AdPfmvrYWdmGihVBRI by paulrickards@mastodon.social
       2024-01-01T19:02:07Z
       
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       Mine is missing, but it originally came with a luggage name tag with a great Macintosh Portable illustration on it. I may have to make one of these for it.#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #MacintoshPortable
       
 (DIR) Post #AdPfr1NByqPay5FWNM by mmu_man@m.g3l.org
       2024-01-01T20:29:15Z
       
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       @paulrickards and the keyboard / trackball that can be swapped… precursor to the @frameworkcomputer 🙂
       
 (DIR) Post #AdQCkrC2DHkQ94hOQC by harpaa01@mastodon.social
       2024-01-01T19:22:00Z
       
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       @paulrickards I adore Jean-Louis Gassee’s intro of the Portable and how he put it together on stage.https://youtu.be/ZzlQdWKmPuE?si=_DhlGmIuQwxxUfte
       
 (DIR) Post #AdRl6xd6YP2C4w23Bw by paulrickards@mastodon.social
       2024-01-01T21:24:49Z
       
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       This Macintosh Portable product introduction video, from the introduction by Jean-Louis Gassée in 1989, shows it being used "anytime, anywhere"-- like the top of a mountain!H/t to @harpaa01 for the video suggestion. Worth checking out the entire video to see a Portable being assembled piece by piece on a podium in front of an audience without tools.https://mastodon.social/@harpaa01/111682317174146325#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #MacintoshPortable
       
 (DIR) Post #AdRl6yd8pkerBL3at6 by paulrickards@mastodon.social
       2024-01-02T19:05:19Z
       
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       The #MacintoshPortable screen is exquisitely sharp for a LCD panel of the day thanks to an active matrix display. And the backlight in this model makes it quite usable without direct light. #RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac