The QuoTrek. It is a small handheld device that resembles a graphic calculator. There is a screen at the top and an A-Z keypad. An antenna is sticking out of the top. This photo is from the Computer History Museum.

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1. Computer Chronicles Revisited (chronrevisited@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Jun-2022 06:52:49 UTC Computer Chronicles Revisited

   Working on the new blog post today. The most notable product covered in this 1986 "Chronicles" episode was probably QuoTrek, which might have been the first commercially available device for receiving wireless data.

   QuoTrek relied on FM radio signals to receive live stock quotes. In the early 1980s, the FCC had approved the use of subbands to transmit data. Basically, local FM radio stations would piggyback the QuoTrek data on their signals.