21 Dec
1999
21 Dec
'99
2:30 p.m.
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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21 Dec
21 Dec
2:29 p.m.
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:
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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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roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
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4:24 p.m.
On or about 06:29 PM 12/21/99 -0700, Jim Strickland was caught in a dark
alley speaking these words:
I would have said Apple, with the LCD screen that went
on the Apple 2 C.
But I think that was after 1982.
The thought of having the Apple //c with that LCD thingy all on my lap
gives me leg cramps just thinking about it... :-) I don't think //c's are
considered laptops and IIRC they weren't connected, anyway.
> TRS-80 m200: 1985?
There may have been some made in 1984, but all that I've seen were created
in Jan/Feb 1985, according to the serial numbers, FWIW.
> I don't know what Zenith's first clamshell
was, but I'm pretty sure it was
> much later on.
It could have been the OEM'd Tandy 600 - the earliest one I've seen was
made in Sep. 1985.
> Uncle Roger "There is
pleasure pure in being mad
> roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Boy-oh-boy... I haven't heard from you in a while! Glad to see you're back!
Hope life's been treating you well!
Happy Holidaze,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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