Galivan SC Portable Computer
date: label: date made
content: 1983-1985
label: date made
content: 1984-1985
name: label: maker
content: Gavilan Computer Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This black portable computer. marketed as a "laptop computer" when the phrase was new, was a product of the Gavilan Computer Corporation of Campbell, California. The firm was founded by Manual (Manny) Fernandez, who had been CEO of semiconductor maker Zilog. The device was competitive with IBM PCs of the day, and has a keyboard with a touchpad (or "solid state mouse") immediately above it that served as a pointing device for the screen. An Intel 8080 chip served as the CPU. There is a separate "mobile power unit."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of James E. Wilson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0208.03
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0208.03
label: accession number
content: 2010.0208
objectType: label: Object Name
content: portable computer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 29 cm x 29 cm; 2 3/4 in x 11 7/16 in x 11 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: power supply: 5.3 cm x 18 cm x 7.2 cm; 2 1/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 2 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: computer, open: 21 cm x 29 cm x 29 cm; 8 1/4 in x 11 7/16 in x 11 7/16 in