Grid Compass - Wikipedia
WEBThe Grid Compass is a family of laptop computers introduced in 1982 by the Grid Systems Corporation. The design for the Compass was rendered by Bill Moggridge . Owing to its clamshell design —the first in a portable computer —some historians credit the original Compass as the first ever laptop.
NASA’s Original Laptop: The GRiD Compass - IEEE Spectrum
WEBMay 29, 2020 · The GRiD Compass Was the First Laptop to Feature a Clamshell Design. The Graphical Retrieval Information Display (GRiD) Compass had a unique clamshell design, in which the monitor folded down over the keyboard.
Grid Compass - Complete History of the Grid Compass 1100
WEBJul 31, 2023 · The design of GRiD Compass (see the lower image) used a clamshell-style die-cast case (where the screen folds flat to the rest of the computer when closed), which was made from a magnesium-alloy (GRiD had the patent on the clamshell idea). The size of the machine was 38 (H) × 29 (D) × 5 (H) cm.
Pioneering the Laptop: Engineering the GRiD Compass - SIGCIS
WEBIntroduced in 1982, the GRiD Compass 1101 was likely the first commercial computer created in a laptop format and one of the first truly portable personal computers.
A Milestone of Early Laptop Computer Development
WEBMay 15, 2019 · Not only is the GRiD Compass one of the first laptop computers, with its innovative clamshell case, but it was also designed by Bill Moggridge, an industrial designer who went on to became director of Cooper Hewitt from 2010 until his death in 2012.
A Laptop in Space | National Air and Space Museum
WEBFeb 11, 2011 · The National Air and Space Museum has several GRiD compass computers in its collections, including one that has flown on two Shuttle flights, STS-35 and STS-36.
GRiD Compass - The Interface Experience: Bard Graduate Center
WEBDesigned by interaction design pioneer Bill Moggridge, the GRiD Compass featured a hinged fold-down screen that opened to reveal a thin keyboard built into the base. Now a standard element of the laptop computer, this clamshell design allowed users to adjust the screen for optimal viewing when open and to protect the screen and keyboard when ...
Clamshell! The story of the best computing form factor ever
WEBJul 17, 2012 · By 1979, which is when Grid began design work on the Compass, the notion of designing a portable computing device that was truly portable wasn’t completely nutty. But it also wasn’t a cakewalk.
Pioneering the Laptop: Engineering the GRiD compass - YouTube
WEBDec 7, 2007 · Pioneering the Laptop: Engineering the GRiD compass. [Recorded Mar 15, 2006] Introduced in 1982, the GRiD Compass 1100 was likely the first commercial computer created in a laptop format and...
Grid Compass - IT History Society
WEBThe Grid Compass (written GRiD by its manufacturer GRiD Systems Corporation) was one of the first laptop computers when the initial model was introduced in April 1982 (the model 1101). The computer was designed by British industrial designer Bill Moggridge in 1979, and first sold three years later.
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