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Portable computer

Portable computer

Date5/30/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Portable computer: One handy piece of hardware in the arsenal of the electronic revolution is this briefcase; carried by Joe Brown; central regional manager of Norand Corp. Open it (above) and you have a mini-computer with a printer for paper copies of yo
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0005863F
      Compact computer: Lewis Bercovitch, head of Compaq Canada, displays new portable computer, the Portable 111, which is reduced in size and weight, but retains full features.
      Compact computer: Lewis Bercovitch, head of Compaq Canada, displays new portable computer, the Portable 111, which is reduced in size and weight, but retains full features.
      Combs, Erin
      2/17/1987
      Figuring things out, 6-year-old Nelson Scott uses a portable computer terminal his father, school trustee Graham Scott, who is a computer applications(...)
      Figuring things out, 6-year-old Nelson Scott uses a portable computer terminal his father, school trustee Graham Scott, who is a computer applications(...)
      Ross, Fred
      11/8/1971
      Suitcase-sized computer, world's first portable computer
      Suitcase-sized computer, world's first portable computer
      Beaty, Keith
      9/25/1973
      Better Medicine: Dr. John Doyle is using this NEC portable computer along with the Abbott Laboratories infusion pump to develop a better system of dispensing drug mixtures to seriously ill patients. The work combines his engineering degree with his traini
      Better Medicine: Dr. John Doyle is using this NEC portable computer along with the Abbott Laboratories infusion pump to develop a better system of dispensing drug mixtures to seriously ill patients. The work combines his engineering degree with his traini
      Loek, Dick
      10/5/1988
      Portable computer: One handy piece of hardware in the arsenal of the electronic revolution is this briefcase, carried by Joe Brown, central regional manager of Norand Corp
      Portable computer: One handy piece of hardware in the arsenal of the electronic revolution is this briefcase, carried by Joe Brown, central regional manager of Norand Corp
      Combs, Erin
      5/30/1980
      Portables fill playground: From the roof of St. Roch Separate School on Duncanwoods Dr. in North York, Metro Separate School Board Chairman Bruno Suppa can see pupils play among 20 portable classrooms that occupy most of the playground. Yet a few streets away, Whitfield Public School is more than half empty. The province is trying to make the public and separate systems co-operate in using available space.
      Portables fill playground: From the roof of St. Roch Separate School on Duncanwoods Dr. in North York, Metro Separate School Board Chairman Bruno Suppa can see pupils play among 20 portable classrooms that occupy most of the playground. Yet a few streets away, Whitfield Public School is more than half empty. The province is trying to make the public and separate systems co-operate in using available space.
      Cooper, David
      2/15/1980
      Portable
      Portable
      Loek, Dick
      6/11/1987
      Wirephoto on the job, Already set up at Quebec ready to flash pictures of the arrival of the King and Queen to Star readers is the portable wirephoto transmitter, sent from Toronto
      Wirephoto on the job, Already set up at Quebec ready to flash pictures of the arrival of the King and Queen to Star readers is the portable wirephoto transmitter, sent from Toronto
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/15/1939
      Annette plays the portable organ, and the five famous sisters rehearse some of the songs they will sing at a Victory Loan rally in Maple Leaf Gardens.(...)
      Annette plays the portable organ, and the five famous sisters rehearse some of the songs they will sing at a Victory Loan rally in Maple Leaf Gardens.(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/20/1942
      Designed to win: Liberal Leader Pierre Trudeau's campaign message was organized like his reading stand: Simple, solid and highly portable
      Designed to win: Liberal Leader Pierre Trudeau's campaign message was organized like his reading stand: Simple, solid and highly portable
      Spremo, Boris
      1/28/1980
      Out of such structures as railway box cars and portable bunkhouses Father Athol Murray, a former Toronto newspaper man, created his 'Shack' College in(...)
      Out of such structures as railway box cars and portable bunkhouses Father Athol Murray, a former Toronto newspaper man, created his 'Shack' College in(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/30/1945
      Tiny telephone: Motorola's Ron Bills tries out the 9800XL portable phone, which the company claims is the smallest and lightest on the market.
      Tiny telephone: Motorola's Ron Bills tries out the 9800XL portable phone, which the company claims is the smallest and lightest on the market.
      Griffin, Doug
      10/5/1989