Filed under: Technology Creator of the Early Portable Computer Kaypro Passes Away By Liz Gannes Sep 6, 2014, 1:30pm EDT Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: Creator of the Early Portable Computer Kaypro Passes Away Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email Andrew Kay, whose Kaypro II was an early “luggable” computer that anticipated the laptop, died at 95 on Aug. 28. Launched in 1982, it weighed 29 pounds and sold for $1,795. This article originally appeared on Recode.net. Next Up In Technology The Latest Twitter’s CEO had a wild, combative appearance at the Code Conference By Peter Kafka The Hollywood writers’ strike is over — and they won big By Alissa Wilkinson and Emily Stewart The US power grid quietly survived its most brutal summer yet By Umair Irfan Republicans’ thin corruption case against Joe Biden, explained By Andrew Prokop Net neutrality is back, but it’s not what you think By Sara Morrison US-China tensions are every country’s problem now By Jonathan Guyer