Absolutely none of these people had any idea how to use that machine.

Sold in 1975 for between ,975 (16kb RAM) and ,975 (64kb).

The difference comes out to 0 million / GB installed.

Oh man, the cow farmer guy...

"that's what I'm figuring out now...."

That made me burst out laughing in an almost embarrassing way. So deadpan..

Do your problems all involve finding the maximum of a real-valued function? Do you have too much time and/or money? Then it doesn't take an IBM 5100 to figure out that computers may be just right for you! (memory not included, internet not invented, see store for details)

Not so much portable as it was "luggable".

What's the only thing standing between America's cows and total chaos? This thing. Just listen to that inspiring music!

It's no 0 Wal-Mart eMachine, but if it can save mah cows...

Not half as cool as the suitcase-style ones where the keyboard covered up the teeny screen/drives/etc when not in use.

How many of those companies are still in business? I wouldn't be surprised if the farm is the only one.

Dave the Computer. Man this cat can swing. It weighs almost 50 pounds and it delivers my paper on time.

Just to add insult to injury, you're going to have to add on costs for optometrists and glasses from trying to read that little tiny screen.

I guess what we need to remember here is that computers back then were basically floor units connected to banks of reel to reel magnetic tape drives and programmed with huge punch-card reader machiines. I guess that makes this truly "portable" in that sense.