Originally Posted by u600213

I remember back in the olden days of 1983 taking one of the original Compaq portable's on planes regularly. It was kind of annoying to carry around. Probably heavier than what you have built.

http://oldcomputers.net/compaqi.html

It fit in most overhead bins of the era except the BAE146 bins near the wing and was sometimes pesky on TWA L1011 with the vertical bins.