Grid Compass
The Grid Compass (written GRiD by its manufacturer GRiD Systems Corporation) is one of the first laptop computers.
Astronaut John Creighton posing with a Grid Compass aboard a Space Shuttle Discovery mission in 1985. | |
| Developer | Designed by Bill Moggridge |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | GRiD Systems Corp. |
| Type | Portable computer |
| Release date | April 1982 |
| Introductory price | US$8,150 (equivalent to $24,710 in 2022) |
| Operating system | CCOS (Compass Computer Operating System), optionally MS-DOS 2 |
| CPU | Intel 8086 |
| Memory | 256 KB |
| Storage | 384 KB magnetic bubble |
| Display | 320 × 240 |
| Connectivity | 19-pin "serial", Telephone line+Audio 1,200 bit/s modem, GPIB |
| Successor | Grid GRiDCASE 2 |
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