In 1979, Moggridge designed the Grid Compass, a clamshell computer with a display that closed over the keyboard. Widely regarded as the first laptop, the Compass debuted in 1982 at a retail price ...

rasti computer Penk’s Rasti Computer is a GRiD Compass-inspired DIY laptop with a 10.4 inch screen, Framework Mainboard, and custom keyboard by Brad Linder 02/02/2024 2 Comments ...

Penk’s Rasti Computer is a GRiD Compass-inspired DIY laptop with a 10.4 inch screen, Framework Mainboard, and custom keyboard by Brad Linder 02/02/2024 2 Comments on Penk’s Rasti Computer is a ...

The whole Grid Compass computer weighed 5 kilograms, which is roughly 11 pounds — almost 10 times heavier than some of the lightest laptops today. Albeit heavy, it was a revolution at the time.

Early Shuttle missions carried a laptop computer made by Grid Systems, Inc. The Grid was chosen because of its rugged metal case and its use of a solid state memory instead of a rotating disk.

The designer of the first laptop, the Grid Compass computer, has won the 2010 Prince Philip Designers Prize in the UK. Bill Moggridge designed the world’s first laptop, which was, according to ...

“Rasti Computer” is a detailed GRiD Compass tribute made from Framework innards It's a custom keyboard, an artfully dinged-up case, and a wonderful throwback.