Mod. 5140
1985.2The Mod. 5140 was IBM’s first laptop computer. It was developed in the IBM lab in Boca Raton, Florida, an area notoriously infested with alligators. From its side, the Mod. 5140 evokes the resemblance to an alligator’s head. When the printer is attached to its end, with paper flowing from the rear, it resembles the animal’s tail. The nickname for this project was “Crocodile”.
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