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The Grid Compass (written GRiD by its manufacturer GRiD Systems Corporation) was one of the first laptop computers when the initial model was introduced in April 1982 (the model 1101).The computer was designed by British industrial designer Bill Moggridge in 1979 and first sold three years later. The design used a clamshell case (where the screen folds flat to the rest of the computer when closed) which was made from a magnesium alloy.
