DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab is a user on toot-lab.reclaim.technology. You can follow them or interact with them if you have an account anywhere in the fediverse.

It is MY pleasure to welcome the Atari Portfolio 16-bit kinda-MS-DOS-compatible handheld PC to the crew!

Powered by 3 AA batteries and coming to us from 1991, I can already tell it will fit right in.

Eventually I will be stocking up on a few choice peripherals for the Portfolio, including a system RAM memory expansion card (with peripheral port pass-through, kind of like an ur-Sonic & Knuckles experience), a serial interface, and a diagnostic interface produced for licensed repair shops and peripheral developers, all due to the diligence of a single vendor, aptly named Best Electronics, who's maintained stocks longer than the original company stayed in business.

best-electronics-ca.com/portfo

They even carry overclocking kits that can increase performance by over 33 percent of the stock configuration! 33%, maybe even more! We're talking almost double-digit megahertz!

DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab @djsundog

Software distribution was via ROM cards like this one, the base File Manager and Tutorial card that came with each Portfolio.

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@remotenemesis I believe hardware-wise they're almost identical

The base system at launch cost US$400, which is like USD$800+ in cool 21st Century fiat currency, so I got it for pennies on the dollar.

Shrewd investor, me. Finding that purchasing power sweet spot.