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Old 04-07-2019, 01:11 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
There weren't any LCD monitors then, but there were certainly handheld devices with LCD displays which could be used to display text files.
1983, Tandy TRS-80 model 100, 3.8 pounds, 8 lines of 40 characters.
1984, HP 110, 9 pounds, 16 lines of 80 characters, 480 x 128 pixels.
1985, HP 110+, 25 lines of 80 characters, 480 x 200 pixels.

So, not monitors, but not really handheld. I know that DEC VT100 CRT terminals were still in commercial use in 1985, so the HP 100+ provided an LCD text display equivalent of a CRT computer terminal.
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