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Robert Gavilan is a former CIA agent.IMDb is powered by Perl and we are hiring!The Gavilan SC was an early laptop computer, and was the first ever to be marketed as a "laptop".The brainchild of Gavilan Computer Corp.It came to market a year after the GRiD Compass, with which it shared several pioneering details, notably a clamshell design, in which the screen folds shut over the keyboard.MHz Intel 8088 processor, it was equipped with a basic graphical user interface, stored in its 48 kb of ROM.DOS, and MBasic (a version of the BASIC programming language).It was far smaller than competing IBM compatible portables, such as the Compaq Portable, which were the size of a portable sewing machine and weighed more than twice the Gavilan's 4 kg (9 lb), and unlike the Gavilan they could not run off batteries.The Gavilan sported an LCD display with an unusual resolution of 400x64 pixels.It used static CMOS memory, and came with 64 kilobytes standard.The Gavilan was announced with a 3.Hitachi led to its replacement with a 3.Gavilan company months of delays.During this time, Gavilan Computer Corp.Chapter 11 bankruptcy, owing to cash flow problems and the difficulties of delivering the SC in large quantities.The company ceased operations in 1985, just as its technical problems had been overcome.Gavilan SC
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Inc.This page was last modified on 26 September 2007, at 22:32.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.February 13, 2003), better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a former gardener and world welterweight champion from Cuba.Gavilan started as a professional boxer on the evening of June 5, 1943, when he beat Antonio Diaz by a decision in four rounds in Havana.It was there that he suffered his first defeat, at the hands of Carlos Macalara by a decision.They had an immediate rematch, this time in Havana, and Gavilan avenged that loss, winning by decision too.Gavilan had a record of 25 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw already when he had his first fight on American soil.This happened on November 1, 1946, when he beat Johnny Ryan by a knockout in five rounds at New York City.However, by 1948 he had decided to stay in the United States indefinitely.That year, he met some very important fighters, like former world champion Ike Williams, who beat him by decision in ten, Tommy Bell, against whom Gavilan won by decision, Sugar Ray Robinson, who beat him by decision in ten, and Tony Pellone, with Gavilan obtaining a decision against Pellone.He lost his first title try, when Robinson won a decision in 15 rounds.Back to the drawing board, he beat Rocky Castellani, the then lightweight world champion Beau Jack, and Laurent Dauthuille (the latter of whom fought Gavilan in Montreal, Canada).All of them were beaten by decision in ten.Billy Graham, Sonny Horne, Robert Villemain, Eugene Hairston, and Tony Janiro among others.He defended that title for the first time against Graham, winning by a decision, and promptly made four non title bouts before the end of the year, including another win over Janiro and a draw in ten with Bratton.In 1952, he defended the title with success against Bobby Dykes, Gil Turner, and with Graham in a third encounter between the two.In 1953, Gavilan retained the title by a knockout in ten against Chuck Davey, by a decision in 15 against Carmen Basilio and by a decision in 15 against Bratton.He had seven non title bouts, losing to Danny Womber, but beating Ralph Tiger Jones.In 1954, Gavilan went up in weight.After two more points wins, he challenged world Middleweight champion Bobo Olson for the world title, but lost a decision in 15.That same year, he appeared on a Telemundo Puerto Rico poster that promoted that country's first television transmission.Later career and retirement
From that point until 1958, when he retired, he had a career of ups and downs.He lost to Dykes, Jones, Eduardo Lausse, former world champion Tony DeMarco, Vince Martinez and Gaspar Ortega, but he also beat Ortega, Jones and Chico Vejar, among others.After losing to Yama Bahama by decision in ten on June 18, 1958, he never fought again, announcing his retirement on September 11 of that year.Gavilan was one of the few boxers ever not to be knocked out in their professional careers.He had a record of 107 wins, 30 losses and 6 draws, with one no contest (boxing) and 27 wins by knockout in a career that spanned 143 professional fights.Gavilan died in Miami, Florida of a heart attack at age 77.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Cimarron, NewMexico, is the historic inn, Casa del Gavilan.Jack and Gertrude Nairn, formerly of Hartford,
Connecticut.Frederick Remington, Charles Russell, Robert
Redbird, and others.Shopping CartJoin Our Email ListGavilan Research Associates (GRA) is an expert consulting firm that helps companies to evaluate and select enterprise technology solutions.RFI) that compares seventeen (17) leading metadata management solutions (software vendors) against a common set of detailed evaluation criteria.The Survey asked participants to describe the collection, management, and deployment goals of the metadata management function within their organization.Gilroy takes its name from
the Gavilan Mountains which form the backdrop to nearly every hole.Though the Gavilans connect to the coastal mountains beyond,
Gavilan Golf Course itself is tucked into a relatvely flat expanse abutting Gavilan College.More information about this error may be available
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