Samsung's First Tablet: The $5,000 PenMaster From 1992!

A retrospective on the 1992 Samsung Pen Master 386SL/20, their first publicly released tablet computer! Packing a full-featured MS-DOS PC with Windows for Pen Computing, it was quite the impressive machine.

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[jimknopf]

No headphone jack? They were ahead of their time.

[OtoCardona]

That was cutting edge for 1992, it's a miracle they managed to fit all that hardware in that space, this was really ahead of its time by quite few years

[jewelfayce]

my grandma did inventory for kroger when i was little and i remember her carrying this around with her to count things. she also let me paint on it :-)

[Thomas-lkcu]

1:52 I like how it says "Desktop Replacement", so basically Samsung was living 20 years ahead of time there.

[wariodedede]

*clicks on a video about an old Samsung tablet* "oh look caramel and cheese popcorn!"

[Pengui]

Poor kids in my School : Check out my iPad Air !
Rich Kid : Takes out his Retro $9000 tablet .

[lordeilluminati]

L G Rte?tit tCie?-- ?
Sent from a Samsung PenMaster

[littleskullmadeofcu]

Accepting external storage? So... it’s better than iPad Pro.

[Exnem]

Seeing the Samsung tablets next to each other gave me a strange sense of joy.

[Metsfan]

1992: Pen Master for $5000.


2019: Folding phone for about $2000.

[TchotchkeSoldier]

"...make sure it's charged up or plugged in so you can get it turned on." - LGR, 32 Shades of Grey, pg 971.

[TaylorBlack]

Ok, seeing a tablet boot up is the funniest thing ever.

[dr]

*The caramel cost $8600, the PenMaster was for free*

[CalcProgrammer]

It's the original Galaxy Note! Amazing to see a Samsung Wacom device from the early 90's and then see them revisit the concept with a phone in 2012. I love my Note 8 (had the original Note and Note 3 as well).

[rickbuzz]

I think the floppy drive was making the "I need a new drive belt" sound.

[dailydoseofwows]

I wonder how people from 1992 would react to new tablets.

Edit: Duh... they are still alive.

[hermeticxhaote]

If I saw this back in '92 I'd be in awe.

[DrClawsPHD]

That classic Samsung logo.
Also when can we pre-order your upcoming romance novel?

[marcos.fchannelschannels]

iPad pro: I'm the most expensive tablet
Pen master: hold my pen !

[ThisGuyCJ]

I wonder what we'll have in another 26 years....