Atari Portfolio: No Ordinary Electronic Organizer

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Electronic pocket organizers hit the market in the 1980s to help people manage their daily lives. They were fairly simple devices with limited functionality...but Atari's was different.

Sources:
Atari ad gallery: https://aresluna.org/attached/computerhistory/ads/international/atari
Portfolio accessories image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atari_Portfolio_Accessories_(T_Cont%C3%A9).jpg
British Journal of Anesthesia, 1992, volume 69
Casio SF-8000 image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casio_SF-8000_Digital_Diray.jpg
Sharp PC-E500S image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sharp_PC-E500S,_5.jpg
Acorn PocketBook image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acorn_pocketbook_17o06.jpg
DIP Pocket PC image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DIP_Pocket_PC.jpg
Atari PC images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atari_1040STf.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/2376515667
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/2319888878
Psion Organizer image: https://blackheartreboot.co.uk/product/psion-organiser-ii
Psion Siena image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Psion_Siena_512k_4f08.JPG
Computer Chronicles video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tM9DapuF9I
Sharp PC-3000 images:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SHARP-PC-3000-Handheld-Computer-inc-Original-PSU-Manual-amp-memory-card-/123638995259?hash=item1cc975593b%3Ag%3AGHIAAOSwZVpcYCkY&nma=true&si=Kon5bcIv0IKpci7EyBHo5wHpcCk%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
DIP acquired by Phoenix Technologies: https://www.cbronline.com/news/phoenix_technologies_acquire_dip_research
Atari Explorer magazine scan: http://www.atarimania.com/mags/pdf/Atari_Explorer_September_October_1989.pdf

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Atari
PC
handheld
organizer
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DOS
DIP-DOS
MS-DOS
technology
1980s
personal digital assistant
PDA
retrospective
Psion
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