Knights of the Fast Lane question

[HungarianKnight]

In the Season 3 episode Knights of the Fast Lane Michael seemingly loses Kitt in a drag race. Devon and Bonnie are furious and Bonnie tries to locate Kitt (and with him, the base of the bad guys) with a laptop like gadget. Was that thingy a real laptop/portable computer (perhaps an original laptop from the golden age of computer technology) or was it just a prop with blinking lights like a tricorder in Star Trek? If you have any answers or ideas, feel free to post...

[whet]

The earliest laptop I can find any info on was back in 1983

So 1984 it would be possable but very costly and probaly not capable to do what Bonnie was doing.

I also remember Michael had something similar when they where trying to find Kitt in "Kittnap"

http://www.answers.com/laptop

[HungarianKnight]

Thank you. I'm still wondering what brand was it (of course when it was not just a mere prop...)