<s>
The	O
Xerox	B-Device
NoteTaker	I-Device
is	O
a	O
portable	B-Device
computer	I-Device
developed	O
at	O
Xerox	O
PARC	O
in	O
Palo	O
Alto	B-Device
,	O
California	O
,	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
enter	O
production	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
around	O
ten	O
prototypes	B-Application
were	O
built	O
,	O
it	O
strongly	O
influenced	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
later	O
Osborne	B-Device
1	I-Device
and	O
Compaq	B-Device
Portable	I-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
drew	O
heavily	O
on	O
earlier	O
research	O
by	O
Alan	O
Kay	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
developed	O
the	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
concept	O
for	O
a	O
transportable	O
computer	O
that	O
was	O
impossible	O
to	O
implement	O
with	O
available	O
technology	O
,	O
the	O
NoteTaker	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
show	O
what	O
could	O
be	O
done	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
employed	O
what	O
was	O
then	O
highly	O
advanced	O
technology	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
built-in	O
monochrome	O
display	B-Device
monitor	I-Device
,	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
and	O
a	O
mouse	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
256	O
KB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
then	O
a	O
very	O
large	O
amount	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
a	O
5	O
MHz	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
8086	I-General_Concept
CPU	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
that	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Xerox	B-Device
Alto	I-Device
computer	O
,	O
which	O
pioneered	O
the	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NoteTaker	O
fitted	O
into	O
a	O
case	O
similar	O
in	O
form	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
a	O
portable	O
sewing	O
machine	O
;	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
folded	O
out	O
from	O
the	O
bottom	O
to	O
reveal	O
the	O
monitor	O
and	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
form	O
factor	O
was	O
later	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
highly	O
successful	O
"	O
luggable	B-Device
"	O
computers	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Osborne	B-Device
1	I-Device
and	O
Compaq	B-Device
Portable	I-Device
.	O
</s>
