Comments on: [ Retro Scan of the Week ] The Cambridge Z88

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] The Cambridge Z88 by: Olga R Hepple

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:24:28 +0000

I have an immaculate Sinclair Cambridge Z88 Vintage Laptop Computer. There are bids from £25.00 so far on Ebay, so what would you be prepared to pay? Olga R Hepple

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] The Cambridge Z88 by: Justin

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:53:39 +0000

If I was old enough, I would have bought this as soon as it came out!

The main selling point is that it was linkable to the IBM.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] The Cambridge Z88 by: Mattel Aquarius

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:49:54 +0000

Why the discrepancy of the max RAM? In the side bar it says "…expands to over 1.5 megabytes."

In the text, it says "…expandable to over 3 megabytes."

While both can be technically correct at the same time, it seems like confusing marketing to me. It makes me wonder what the true maximum is.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] The Cambridge Z88 by: Retro Computers

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:39:50 +0000

No Disks - NO DOS. Love it!

It just wasn't 'quite there' that machine

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] The Cambridge Z88 by: Gnome

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:51:22 +0000

Former? Hah! Think again!

Oh, and a happy 2010!

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] The Cambridge Z88 by: Moondog

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:00:30 +0000

I consider this type of portable to be a "missing link" in the evolution of laptops. It's definitely task-oriented, but still reminds me of a calculator than a pc.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] The Cambridge Z88 by: Pecoramatta

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:16:23 +0000

Odd enough, last week I published a retro scan of a Z88′s advertising on my blog…
I own an Olivetti M10 (1984?), made on the same platform of TRS-80 Model 100, and it still works!
Only eight lines, forty characters, nothing more than an expensive toy; in mid ninty I saw one still used to print museum tickets in Siena's "Duomo", here in Italy.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] The Cambridge Z88 by: Jake

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:14:37 +0000

Man, I discovered the Z88 on Wikipedia about the same time I found out about the Model 100, they look like really interesting machines, but quite scarce on E-Bay.