The Model 5100 is IBM's first minicomputer, i.e. not a mainframe, and is also considered one of the world's first portable computers. It is preceded only by the Hewlett-Packard HP-9830A from 1973. Although at 55-pounds, the 5100 might best be described as "self-contained" rather than "portable". There were very few other computers available at the time, and nothing even close to the capabilities o
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