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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. Owing to its clamshell design—the first in a portable computer—some historians credit the original Compass as the first ever laptop.
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The extracted context around Grid Compass shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Grid Compass → Along, Compass, Development, Dynabook, Gavilan SC, GRiD Systems Corporation, NASA, SAIC, Sharp PC-5000, Space Shuttle, Special Forces, TEMPEST-compliant, The National Security Agency, Xerox PARC Another extracted example is Grid Compass → Compasses, Customers, Grid, Grid Central, Grid Server, GRiD-OS, IBM, IBM PCs, MS-DOS, PC, The Compass, The Server, US. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 42 structured relationships around Grid Compass. Examples in this analysis include Grid Compass → Connectivity → 19-pin "serial", Telephone line+Audio 1,200 bit/s modem, GPIB and Grid Compass → CPU → Intel 8086. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grid Compass | Connectivity | 19-pin "serial", Telephone line+Audio 1,200 bit/s modem, GPIB | 1.00 | infobox |
| Grid Compass | CPU | Intel 8086 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Grid Compass | Developer | Bill Moggridge | 1.00 | infobox |
| Grid Compass | Display | 320 × 240 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Grid Compass | Introductory price | US$8,150 (equivalent to $27,190 in 2025) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Grid Compass | Manufacturer | GRiD Systems Corp. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Grid Compass | Memory | 256 KB | 1.00 | infobox |
| Grid Compass | Operating system | CCOS (Compass Computer Operating System), optionally MS-DOS 2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Grid Compass | Released | April 1982 (1982-04) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Grid Compass | Storage | 384 KB magnetic bubble | 1.00 | infobox |
| Grid Compass | Successor | GridCase 2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Grid Compass | Type | Laptop computer | 1.00 | infobox |
| Grid Compass | is a | family of laptop computers introduced in 1982 by the Grid Systems Corporation | 0.90 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Grid Compass bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Grid, Systems and Design. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Grid Compass, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Grid Compass with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Grid Compass to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Measurement, Companies & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Grid Compass · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout
