How does a Datsun 240z and a laptop have anything to do with each other? Maybe if you’re Mitsubishi, who made both computers way back when* and cars, you’d be in the running. No no, there isn’t going to be any Nissan computers, but there is a link between the 240z and the Ampere WS-1 “knee-top” computer: Kumeo Tamura.
Kumeo Tamura is one of the industrial designers who penned the Datsun 240z… and apparently a laptop. To have such an iconic car under your belt is amazing enough, but then have the breath to stretch into tech space, well that’s pretty awesome. Read the original post here (thanks Oscar!): read more
*I remember my dad brought home a Mitsubishi computer a long long time ago in the 80’s.
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Interesting fun-fact! 🙂 Love the blog, will be following!
Ditto! love the work you’re doing on the 240z – keep it up!
Interesting fun-fact! Loving the blog, will be following! 🙂