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DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab @djsundog

From the cool file, how about the Outbound Notebook from 1989, a portable Mac clone that depended on scavenging a ROM from an actual Mac in order to boot. Apple obsoleted these folks out of business ASAP.

Notably, the Outbound used a "pointer bar" that rolled vertically and slid horizontally for cursor movement. Also, it used commonly available camcorder batteries rather than a custom battery to try to make it easier for users to get spares and replacements - what a novel concept!

obsoletecomputermuseum.org/out

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outbound

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@djsundog that pointer bar sounds really interesting! I wonder how it is in actual use

@viv I'm curious myself - I love a nice interesting pointer device