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The first laptop proper is probably the GRiD Compass 1101 ( http://oldcomputers.net/grid1101.html http://oldcomputers.net/grid1101.html ) Psion introduced trac

by muyuu 13y ago

The first laptop proper is probably the GRiD Compass 1101 ( http://oldcomputers.net/grid1101.html http://oldcomputers.net/grid1101.html ) Psion introduced trackpads in the late 80s and they didn't make it to PowerBooks until the mid 90s. The capacitive trackpad was invented by Cirque and it was Cirque's Glidepoint that Apple used originally.

agumonkey 13y ago
I wish to 3d print the GRiD case, find a monochrome orange/black LCD, fit some arm board into it and marry it. Maybe bunny huang open mobo .. ps: There was one listed on a local 'craigslist' for a few bucks, I missed it by a few days, it was deeply saddening.
- smoyer 13y ago
  "fit some arm board into it" How about making it a dock for your phone? It would be really cool to have a hardware keyboard, bigger display, extended battery and external storage that you could simply plug into the phone's USB port. If you make one for a Galaxy S4, I'll certainly buy one!
  - agumonkey 13y ago
    In case this isn't well bred sarcasm, there are smartphone docking 'laptops' already. Maybe not universal. And I didn't think about that because my 'feature phone' could probably not drive even a 1024x768 LCD.
    - smoyer 13y ago
      It wasn't sarcasm and I'm aware of at least a few of these docking stations. But how cool and retro would a grid look-alike be?
      - agumonkey 13y ago
        Oh ok it's a tribute to the GRiD aesthetics revived in a dock.
jacquesm 13y ago
The grid even had its own version of dropbox.