The Hyperion was produced by the Infotech Cie. of Ottawa, a subsidiary of Bytec Management Corp. It was the first portable IBM-PC compatible computer, released three months earlier than the Compaq Portable.
The machine offered powerful features for a 1982 computer, including dual 360K 5.25" disk drives, built-in 7-inch amber CRT and a video out jack for displaying CGA graphics. The keyboard slides underneath the main unit and locks into place. It was delivered along with a suite of standard software: word processor, data base and communications.
Although it was significantly lighter and handy than the Compaq, the Hyperion suffered from reliabilty problems, specially from disk drives. Furthermore it was only 95% PC compatible. For these reasons, Compaq definitively took the lead of portable sales.
The Hyperion sales continued in Canada and USA for two year. A few of them were also sold in Europe from September 1983 by the German Anderson Jacobson Cie, under the name Ajile.
Special thanks to Chuck Bredemeier who donated us this computer !
SCI Systems made these in Huntsville, AL for Dynalogic and I bought one while working for SCI. I will give it and the mauuels anyone who wants it. jim0400@aol.com
Wednesday 23rd November 2011
Jim Baucom (Colorado, USA)
SCI Systems made these in Huntsville, AL for Dynalogic and I bought one while working for SCI. I will give it and the mauuels anyone who wants it. jim0400@aol.com
Wednesday 23rd November 2011
Jim Baucom (Colorado, USA)
I had one of these in working condition back in 1988 - my mother found it in a junk closet at an office she worked at in Ottawa. I was saving it as the showpiece of my vintage pc collection. Then I learned that the same mother threw it in the trash while I was backpacking in Australia! I was unbelievably disappointed, but I think another collector found it, so at least the machine went to a good home.
Wednesday 5th October 2011
steve (Toronto, Canada)
NAME
HYPERION
MANUFACTURER
Dynalogic
TYPE
Transportable
ORIGIN
Canada
YEAR
January 1983
END OF PRODUCTION
1984
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
None
KEYBOARD
Full-stroke 83 keys PC-style keyboard with numeric keypad
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