Portfolio palmtop

21st October 2004, 06:52

I was watching Terminator 2 the other day and noticed the character John Connor using a small piece of Atari hardware to work out the pin no. for a stolen credit card and steal cash.
It looked interesting so I went to the Atari museum website and found out it was their palmtop computer the Portfolio (1989), quite a neat little device for its day. Apparently running an 8088 chip at 4mhz.

http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers...portfolio.html

Sidney · 21st October 2004, 07:45

1989 product in a museum, damn I must be living in a museum.

jmke · 21st October 2004, 10:21

héhé some good info there

21st October 2004, 11:08

My first PC was an Atari 400 (with 48k) but I must have been out of it by the late 80s because I didn't know about the Portfolio. All this time I thought he was holding an Atari Lynx. Now I have heard that someone OC'd a Portfolio so that it ran at 6mhz, but this drained the battery somewhat.

21st October 2004, 06:52	#1
8bit Posts: n/a	Portfolio palmtop I was watching Terminator 2 the other day and noticed the character John Connor using a small piece of Atari hardware to work out the pin no. for a stolen credit card and steal cash. It looked interesting so I went to the Atari museum website and found out it was their palmtop computer the Portfolio (1989), quite a neat little device for its day. Apparently running an 8088 chip at 4mhz. http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers...portfolio.html

21st October 2004, 07:45	#2
Sidney [M] Reviewer Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 16,730	1989 product in a museum, damn I must be living in a museum. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

21st October 2004, 10:21	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	héhé some good info there __________________

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21st October 2004, 11:08	#4
8bit Posts: n/a	My first PC was an Atari 400 (with 48k) but I must have been out of it by the late 80s because I didn't know about the Portfolio. All this time I thought he was holding an Atari Lynx. Now I have heard that someone OC'd a Portfolio so that it ran at 6mhz, but this drained the battery somewhat.