Who invented the first "clamshell" laptop? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Dec 1999

well, the lcd screen for the //c only sits on top of the computer and does 
not fold down and is not integral with the rest of the computer so it really 
doesnt apply. I think the time zone was 1984 or thereabouts. 

In a message dated 12/21/99 8:30:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
jim(a)calico.litterbox.com writes:

...
  I would have said Apple, with the LCD screen that went
on the Apple 2 C.
  But I think that was after 1982.

 At 12:36 AM 12/21/99 GMT, you wrote:
 >Who (by company, that is) invented the first "clamshell" laptop? I am 
 >tempted to believe it is either GRiD or Zenith Data Systems that   introduced 
  > >this style, but if I had to, I'd lay my money on GRiD.
  > 
  > Take the money and run.
  > 
  > GRiD Compass:  1982 (Sometime in the fall)
  > Sharp PC-5000: 1983 (March)
  > Gavilan:       1983 (March or April)
  > TRS-80 m100:   1983
  > TRS-80 m200:   1985?
  > 
  > I don't know what Zenith's first clamshell was, but I'm pretty sure it 
was
...
   much later
on.

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