Hi all, I noticed that the “Kambrook” branded laptop in the front room isn’t in the catalogue, so I thought I’d add it in, but I can’t find anything online about it.
Does anyone know when this machine would have been made, was it a production model or just a prototype, and what were the specs?
There’s no serial number or other info on the back sticker. I’d guess late 1980s just from looking at it, and the PS/2 keyboard port implies it’s probably PC-compatible.
Very interesting challenge! I find Halikan machines, possibly sold in South Africa, they had a range of models one or two of which look like the same case design.
Auction here for model LA22, photo like this:
Brochure here has HALIKAN as a brand of Chaplet Systems of Taiwan. No mention of LA22, but LX2020/LX2002 looks very similar to yours:
Description and specs:
An ideal choice for beginning PC users, the economical and easy-to-use laptop comes with such user-friendly features as a 12/4.77 MHz V20 microprocessor, 16KB ROM/640KB RAM and 20MB hard disk plus one built-in 1.44MB 3.5" floppy disk drives (LX2020) or two built-in 1.44MB floppy disk drives (LX2002). With a contrast-adjustable LCD screen, MDA/CGA compatibility and long-life (up to 5.5 hours) internal sealed lead-acid battery, the LX2020/LX2002 are the affordable ways. to introduce a vast number of PC users to the many advantages of laptop computing.
LX2020/LX2002 Features Include:
V20 microprocessor with 12/4.77MHz
640KB RAM with AMI BIOS
LX2020: 20MB hard disk and one built-in
1.44MB floppy disk drive
LX2002: Two built-in 1.44MB floppy disk
drives
640 × 200 supertwist LCD display
MDA and CGA compatibility
RS-232, parallel printer, external video
and external keyboard ports
MS-DOS 3.3 & GW-BASIC
MS-WORKS 2.0 is optional
FCC approved (adaptor is also UL approved)
Same system also appears in Italy, branded as SIT LAT 3000 with label saying 286 (which isn’t precisely a V20 but same class):
Need help to indentify old SIT 286 LAT 3000 laptop \ VOGONS
I think you’ve got it! Looks pretty much the same, just rebadged.
I guess we can assume it’s a 286 or equivalent, made around 1990 or so.
Thanks to your help I was able to dig up a bit more info on Kambrook’s computer division, although it’s still pretty sparse.
AFR ran an article in 1991 about Kambrook selling PCs from a manufacturer called Miden: MIDEN, KAMBROOK GO FOR PC MARKET
I found an old ad scanned from the Canberra Times that mentions a Kambrook PC, but it’s a desktop with a monitor rather than a laptop:
A different Kambrook/Chaplet laptop is featured in Australian Personal Computer, November 1990
Another scanned publication from 1989 mentions “Kambrook Goldstar” Buyers' Guide To Hardware (1989 Australia) - 320 pages [OCR TEXT]
Goldstar later became LG, so I guess Kambrook was importing LG computers or accessories as well.
@amagni Always best to put in the Catalogue and then start the conversation from the Catalog it Entry- then it links the two together 
