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title: "Sinclair Z-88 Filling a Market Niche?"
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excerpt: "What makes the Z88 unique is its packaging. The computer is eight by eleven inches, weighs under two pounds and is only three fourths of an inch thick! This makes it the first truly portable computer."
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# Sinclair Z-88 Filling a Market Niche?

What makes the Z88 unique is its packaging. The computer is eight by eleven inches, weighs under two pounds and is only three fourths of an inch thick! This makes it the first truly portable computer.