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GRiD Compass 1101

GRiD · 1982

The first clamshell laptop ever made, and one of the most significant computers in the collection of any museum: a magnesium case, a bright electroluminescent display, bubble memory instead of a disc, and a price around eight thousand dollars in 1982. NASA flew them on the Space Shuttle. Extremely rare and extremely important.

As catalogued

Maker
GRiD
CPU
Intel 8086-8
Memory
256K, 512K
Regions
US, UK, Europe
Chassis
magnesium clamshell with an electroluminescent display
OS
GRiD-OS

Chips

1
CPU
Intel 8086

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