1 Nov
2003
1 Nov
'03
10:45 a.m.
On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, David Vohs wrote:
Negative, Ghost Rider! The GRiD Compass was released
in late '82-early
'83, the first shuttle flight was in 1981. I also have a bulletin that
Otrona released (circa late '84, not long after the release of the Otrona
2001), talking about how another company would take over service &
support since they had gone under & couldn't afford it. It also gave a
brief history of Otrona & the Attache, which the bulletin said they
released in 1981 (Otrona themselves wrote this bulletin, so I'm not
arguing it!).
I am almost certain that a GRiD was the first laptop to go into space. At
least this has been the conventional historical anecdote. I don't doubt
what you write above. I've always thought the Otrona came out much later
than the Osborne 1 (which was also 1981) so this changes what I know.
GRiD was founded in 1979. The first Compass into production was almost
certainly in 1982.
More research needed...
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