
GRiD Systems Corp.
The GRiD Compass is a milestone system, as it was probably the first true laptop sold. GRiD developed and released several pioneering ideas: The first use of electro-luminescent displays in a portable, the first use of the Intel 8086 and 8087 floating-point co-processor in a commercial product, the first use of electro-luminescent displays in a portable.
Acquired by AST in 1993.
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