The Grid Compass is a family of laptop computers introduced in 1982 by the Grid Systems Corporation. The design for the Compass was rendered by Bill Moggridge...
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A grid compass known as well as grid steering compass, is a navigating instrument. It is a design of magnetic compass that facilitates steering a steady...
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Magnetic declination (redirect from Compass variation)
wandering. Magnetic north is the direction that the north end of a magnetized compass needle points, which corresponds to the direction of the Earth's magnetic...
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2009-05-30. "GRiD Compass 1101 computer". Retrieved 9 January 2010. Wikimedia Commons has media related to GRiD Systems Corporation. GRiD history 1979–2020...
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Bearing (navigation) (redirect from Compass bearing)
using the direction northwards along the grid lines of the map projection as a reference point. A compass bearing, as in vehicle or marine navigation...
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Portable computer (section Grid Compass)
was also much better-built and more reliable. The Grid Compass ran its own operating system, GRiD-OS. Its specialized software and high price (US$8,000–10...
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GridCase (stylized as GRiDCASE) is a line of rugged tablets and laptops by Grid Systems Corporation released as a successor of the GRiD Compass line....
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History of laptops (section Grid Compass)
laptop to be called a notebook.: 9 The first clamshell laptop, the Grid Compass, was made in 1982. Enclosed in a magnesium case, it introduced the now...
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up compass in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A compass is a navigational instrument that indicates the direction to the magnetic poles. Compass may...
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was a British businessman. He was the founder of Grid Systems Corporation, maker of the Grid Compass, one of the first commercially successful laptop...
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