The Man Who Predicted Handheld Computers In 1980
The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction awarded its $2,010 prize for the reader whose prediction (in 1980) of the world of 2010 came closest to reality. The winner? Allen MacNeill, who predicted handheld computers… sort of. Actually, reading Locus Magazine’s write-up, it sounds like MacNeill predicted handheld devices connected to a mainframe, which was…
