<s>
The	O
Hyperion	B-Device
is	O
an	O
early	O
portable	B-Device
computer	I-Device
that	O
vied	O
with	O
the	O
Compaq	B-Device
Portable	I-Device
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
portable	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
marketed	O
by	O
Infotech	O
Cie	O
of	O
Ottawa	O
,	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Bytec	O
Management	O
Corp.	O
,	O
who	O
acquired	O
the	O
designer	O
and	O
manufacturer	O
Dynalogic	B-Device
in	O
January	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
computers	O
being	O
"	O
hand-assembled	O
from	O
kits	O
"	O
provided	O
by	O
Bytec	O
and	O
displayed	O
alongside	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
900	I-Device
at	O
a	O
German	O
trade	O
show	O
as	O
their	O
forthcoming	O
first	O
portable	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
sold	O
by	O
Commodore	O
and	O
some	O
analysts	O
downplayed	O
the	O
pact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hyperion	B-Device
was	O
shipped	O
in	O
January	O
1983	O
at	O
C$4995	O
,	O
two	O
months	O
ahead	O
of	O
the	O
Compaq	B-Device
Portable	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Hyperion	B-Device
"	O
was	O
invented	O
by	O
Taylor-Sprules	O
Corporation	O
in	O
Toronto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
designed	O
the	O
retail	O
packaging	O
,	O
all	O
marketing	O
materials	O
and	O
the	O
tradeshow	O
exhibit	O
at	O
Comdex	O
in	O
Atlantic	O
City	O
where	O
Hyperion	B-Device
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
amber	O
graphics	O
screens	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
built-in	O
modem	B-Application
,	O
were	O
notable	O
features	O
that	O
attracted	O
comment	O
at	O
the	O
show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machine	O
featured	O
256	O
KB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
dual	O
360	O
KB	O
5.25	B-Device
"	I-Device
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drives	I-Device
,	O
a	O
graphics	O
card	O
compatible	O
with	O
both	O
CGA	B-Device
and	O
HGC	B-Device
,	O
a	O
video-out	B-Protocol
jack	I-Protocol
,	O
a	O
built-in	O
7-inch	O
amber	O
CRT	B-Device
,	O
300	O
bit/s	O
modem	B-Application
,	O
and	O
an	O
acoustic	B-Device
coupler	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
called	O
H-DOS	B-Device
and	O
bundled	O
word	O
processor	O
,	O
database	O
,	O
and	O
modem	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Hyperion	B-Device
weighed	O
just	O
eighteen	O
pounds	O
(	O
8.2kg	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
about	O
2/3	O
the	O
weight	O
of	O
the	O
Compaq	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
reliable	O
or	O
as	O
IBM	O
compatible	O
and	O
was	O
discontinued	O
within	O
two	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
H-DOS	B-Device
was	O
remarkable	O
and	O
is	O
of	O
historical	O
significance	O
because	O
it	O
featured	O
a	O
simple	O
menu	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
menu	O
was	O
context	B-Application
sensitive	I-Application
and	O
greatly	O
facilitated	O
entering	O
DOS	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soft	O
keys	O
were	O
also	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
word	O
processor	O
,	O
database	O
,	O
and	O
modem	B-Application
software	O
that	O
came	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
Hyperion	B-Device
,	O
where	O
they	O
were	O
used	O
to	O
select	O
application	O
commands	O
from	O
context-sensitive	O
menus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
Hyperion	B-Device
was	O
high	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dynalogic	B-Device
company	O
was	O
absorbed	O
by	O
Bytec	O
in	O
early	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
