<s>
Founded	O
by	O
Warren	O
Conner	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
offered	O
Macintosh	B-Device
clone	I-Device
computer	O
systems	O
in	O
various	O
portable	B-Device
form	O
factors	O
between	O
1989	O
and	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
left	O
the	O
Mac	O
conversion	O
business	O
in	O
1992	O
to	O
build	O
windows-based	O
desktop	O
computers	O
before	O
going	O
bankrupt	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
product	O
,	O
the	O
Wallaby	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
Mac	B-Device
clone	I-Device
laptop	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
powered	O
by	O
a	O
15-MHz	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
processor	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wallaby	O
laptop	B-Device
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1989	O
and	O
was	O
significantly	O
lighter	O
,	O
at	O
just	O
over	O
4kg	O
,	O
and	O
easier	O
to	O
carry	O
than	O
Apple	O
's	O
own	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Portable	I-Device
released	O
at	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
Apple	O
's	O
refusal	O
to	O
license	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Toolbox	I-Device
in	O
read-only	B-Device
memory	I-Device
(	O
ROM	B-Device
)	O
,	O
Wallaby	O
users	O
had	O
to	O
install	O
a	O
Mac	O
ROM	B-Device
to	O
make	O
the	O
computer	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ROM	B-Device
was	O
typically	O
removed	O
from	O
an	O
older	O
Mac	O
,	O
a	O
process	O
that	O
would	O
render	O
the	O
donor	O
Mac	O
unusable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
with	O
this	O
additional	O
cost	O
,	O
a	O
typical	O
price	O
of	O
$	O
4,000	O
USD	O
compared	O
favorably	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
Portable	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wallaby	O
featured	O
a	O
built-in	O
pointing	B-Device
device	I-Device
located	O
below	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
named	O
the	O
Trackbar	O
(	O
with	O
earlier	O
models	O
referring	O
to	O
it	O
under	O
the	O
trademark	O
of	O
Isopoint	O
)	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
cylinder	O
that	O
scrolled	O
up	O
and	O
down	O
and	O
slid	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
ran	O
on	O
standard	O
camcorder	O
batteries	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
expensive	O
custom	O
batteries	O
commonly	O
found	O
in	O
most	O
portable	B-Device
computers	I-Device
around	O
this	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wallaby	O
laptop	B-Device
was	O
succeeded	O
by	O
the	O
Outbound	O
notebook	B-Device
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Notebook	B-Device
ran	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
style	O
of	O
lead-acid	O
camcorder	O
batteries	O
as	O
the	O
earlier	O
Laptop	B-Device
,	O
and	O
had	O
a	O
9.7	O
"	O
passive-matrix	O
monochrome	O
LCD	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
a	O
2.5	O
"	O
IDE	O
hard	O
drive	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
unusual	O
for	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
as	O
Apple	O
did	O
n't	O
start	O
using	O
IDE	O
drives	O
in	O
PowerBooks	B-Device
until	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
150	I-Device
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Notebook	B-Device
had	O
an	O
internal	O
microphone	O
and	O
speaker	O
,	O
headphone	O
jack	O
,	O
two	O
serial	O
ports	O
,	O
ADB	O
port	O
,	O
and	O
SCSI	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Notebook	B-Device
's	O
SCSI	O
port	O
was	O
unique	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
supported	O
the	O
Outbound	O
Outrigger	O
full-page	O
external	O
monochrome	O
monitor	O
,	O
which	O
attached	O
via	O
the	O
SCSI	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Notebook	B-Device
's	O
CPU	O
,	O
RAM	O
,	O
Mac	O
ROM	B-Device
,	O
and	O
optional	O
68882	O
FPU	O
were	O
mounted	O
on	O
a	O
removable	O
daughtercard	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
permitted	O
easy	O
RAM	O
installation	O
and	O
optional	O
upgrades	O
;	O
the	O
daughtercard	B-Device
could	O
simply	O
be	O
swapped	O
out	O
for	O
another	O
one	O
with	O
a	O
faster	O
CPU	O
,	O
or	O
an	O
FPU	O
inserted	O
into	O
the	O
available	O
socket	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
daughtercard	B-Device
had	O
four	O
30-pin	O
SIMM	O
sockets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
Notebook	B-Device
's	O
design	O
,	O
only	O
4MB	O
of	O
RAM	O
could	O
be	O
addressed	O
by	O
the	O
Mac	O
system	O
software	O
,	O
even	O
in	O
System	O
7	O
;	O
additional	O
RAM	O
would	O
appear	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
Silicon	O
Disk	O
"	O
which	O
was	O
an	O
Outbound	O
specific	O
RAM	B-Application
disk	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
's	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
in	O
1991	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
demise	O
of	O
the	O
Mac-compatible	O
laptop	B-Device
aftermarket	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
refused	O
to	O
license	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
subsequent	O
proprietary	O
ROMs	O
to	O
Outbound	O
and	O
so	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
manufacture	O
laptops	B-Device
ended	O
when	O
the	O
68000	B-Device
processors	O
required	O
by	O
the	O
ROMs	O
became	O
difficult	O
to	O
obtain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Outbound	O
attempted	O
a	O
turnaround	O
by	O
pivoting	O
toward	O
building	O
windows-based	O
desktop	O
computers	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
mounting	O
debts	O
of	O
nearly	O
$5million	O
by	O
1993	O
led	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
miss	O
payrolls	O
and	O
prompted	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
close	O
its	O
doors	O
entirely	O
in	O
February	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
