A blocky laptop from 1982.

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1. Ding Dang Trevor Flowers (trevorflowers@machines.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 07:42:29 JST Ding Dang Trevor Flowers

   So, the thing about the GRiD Compass is that in 2023 dollars it cost more than $25k. Can you imagine what kind of laptop we could put together for $25k?! Alternatively, I suspect that I could design a laptop roughly as capable with a BOM cost of less than $50.
   https://spectrum.ieee.org/nasas-original-laptop-the-grid-compass