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I picked up two of these IBM "PC Radio" laptops, which were apparently used by (Sears?) service reps for use in the field.

They feature a built-in printer and a connector that sure as heck looks like it wants an antenna. The power connector is pretty weird, so I don't have any real way of booting these up.

If anyone knows *anything* about them, I'd love to hear from you. Please e-mail me and let me in on the secret!



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IBM PC Radio
Closed for travel

IBM PC Radio
Detail of the PC Radio logo

IBM PC Radio
Open for business

IBM PC Radio
Detail of the Keyboard and Printer

IBM PC Radio
Detail of the Screen

IBM PC Radio
Detail of the rear bus connector

Mfr: International Business Machines Corp.
Location: NY, USA
Model: 9075-002
Processor: i80C186
Speed: 5-10mhz
Op. Sys: MS-DOS
Bits:
Internal: 16
Data: 16
RAM:
Min: 640K
Max: 640K
ROM:
Input: 79-key QWERTY keyboard
Display: 25x80 (640x200p) CGA Supertwist Transflective LCD
Storage:
Cassette:
Floppy Disk:
Hard Disk:
Ports:
Serial:
Parallel:
Keyboard:
Joystick:
Other: Antenna jack, 104 pin expansion bus, Modem (RJ-11)
Expansion:
Introduced:
Discontinued:
Cost:
Physical:
Size: 10.5"x8.4"x2.5" (267.4x212.8x64.7mm)
Weight: 5-6lbs
Power:
Voltage:
Connector: proprietary
Polarity:
Peripherals:
Notes:
I received a fair bit of info from IBM, and am working on putting it into HTML format.

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