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==Development==
Development of the Walkabout began in the mid-1980s, with [[Vernon Weiss]] leading the design team as [[Data General]]'s portable product manager.<ref name=damer1>{{cite web | last=Damer | first=Bruce | author2=Allan Lundell | date=2004 | url=https://digibarn.com/collections/systems/dg-walkabout/index.html | title=Data General Walkabout | work=DigiBarn.com | publisher=DigiBarn Computer Museum | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225230129/https://digibarn.com/collections/systems/dg-walkabout/index.html | archivedate=February 25, 2004}}</ref> Weiss was also responsible for leading the team behind the [[Data General/One]], one of the first [[IBM PC compatible|IBM PC–compatible]] laptops on the market.<ref name=damer2>{{cite web | last=Damer | first=Bruce | author2=Allan Lundell | date=2004 | url=https://digibarn.com/collections/systems/dg-1/index.html | title=Data General DG/One with Printer and DG/One Model 2 | work=DigiBarn.com | publisher=DigiBarn Computer Museum | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040224142806/https://digibarn.com/collections/systems/dg-1/index.html | archivedate=February 24, 2004}}</ref> Weiss and the design team conceived of the original Walkabout as a portable email client: a device which would allow users to check their [[email]]s remotely via [[modem]]. Therefore, the computer was made a [[Computer terminal|portable terminal]] instead of a general-purpose personal computer.<ref name=damer1 /><ref name=cnet>{{cite web | last=Haff | first=Gordon | date=January 25, 2008 | url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/hp-goes-thin-and-mobile/ | title=HP goes thin and mobile | work=CNET | publisher=CBS Interactive | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703182614/https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/hp-goes-thin-and-mobile/ | archivedate=July 3, 2022}}</ref>
==Specifications==
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