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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Cambridge Z88, Eagle Computer, Kaypro, Osborne 1, TRS-80 Model 100, Grundy NewBrain, AlphaSmart, Livescribe, Commodore SX-64, Macintosh Portable, Timeline of portable computers, MojoPac, Corona Data Systems, Atari Portfolio, Desktop replacement computer, Actrix, Osborne Executive, Compaq Portable, IBM PC Convertible, Amstrad NC100, Columbia Data Products, ZP-150, Compaq LTE, Osborne Vixen, SIMpad, Outbound Laptop, Epson PX-8 Geneva, Hyperion, Xerox NoteTaker, Bondwell, Epson PX-4, Data General-One, IBM Portable Personal Computer, ST BOOK, NEC UltraLite, Atari STacy, Compaq Portable series, Compaq Concerto, Sord IS-11, DYSEAC, Husky, Seequa Chameleon, Motorola i760, Bondwell-2, LPA512, Compaq Portable II. Excerpt: Eagle Computer of Los Gatos, California was an early microcomputer manufacturing company. Spun off from Audio-Visual Laboratories (AVL), it first sold a line of popular CP/M computers which were highly praised in the computer magazines of the day. After the IBM PC was launched, Eagle produced the Eagle 1600 series, which ran MS-DOS but were not true clones. When it became evident that the buying public wanted actual clones of the IBM PC, even if a non-clone had better features, Eagle responded with a line of clones, including a portable. The Eagle PCs were always rated highly in computer magazines. On June 8, 1983, the day of Eagle's initial public offering, its president, Dennis Barnhart, was killed in a crash of his new Ferrari. (He had just taken a yacht salesman to lunch.) There was a succession plan in place which resulted in the assumption of the CEO position by Ronald Mickwee. New York Times article As news of Barnhart's death spread, the underwriters reversed the IPO, refunding the money that investors had paid for the stock, and held another IPO a few months later, which was unprecedented in the PC...
