The modern laptop has its origins in the mid to late 1980s, when shrinking computer hardware and improvements to battery technology finally made mobile computing practical. But before the now iconic ...

Looking like it dropped out of an alternate reality version of the 1980s, the Joopyter Personal Terminal is a 3D printed portable computer that includes everything you need for life in the ...

The Joopyter Personal Terminal is a homemade portable computer that combines modern tech with 1980s design. Designed and built by a hardware hacker that goes by the name of Gian, the system was ...

What if you could hold the past in your hands, only reimagined for the present? The Commodore 64, a symbol of 1980s computing, has always been a touchstone for tech nostalgia. But what if this iconic ...

Last summer the folks at ClockworkPi launched a portable computer with modern hardware, but a retro-inspired design. The DevTerm features a 6.86 inch, 1280 x 480 pixel IPS LCD display, a keyboard that ...

WTF?! While handheld PCs like the Steam Deck and the Asus ROG Ally feature impressive modern Linux and Windows support, and devices like the Hand 386 put Windows 95 into users' pockets, another device ...

Long before Apple started producing iPhones and its latest generation MacBooks, the company developed a portable range of computers aptly named the Macintosh Portable. These were available for ...

At the cutting edge of technology, CDs were new, exciting and easy to take on the go. At the cutting edge of technology, CDs were new, exciting and easy to take on the go. At the cutting edge of ...

There are no screws in the Macintosh Portable and it was designed to be taken apart with just the hands, a feat not possible with current laptop computers. It featured a 9.8-inch black and white ...