Firsts

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Wed Jan 14 16:00:15 1998

At 12:42 PM 1/14/98 -0600, you wrote:
>At 11:29 PM 1/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>I used mine NASA-style sometimes: Velcro'd to any flat surface. Slight
>>change of subject: Does anyone know exactly what the first laptop to
>>accompany shuttle astronauts into space was? I hear it's the GRiD Compass
>>1100. I had that very model up until last week when I traded for a GRiD
>
>I've been told that the m100 is one of two commercially produced computers
>certified for use on the shuttle. Never heard what the other was, but
>perhaps it's the grid?

   I don't know if you'd consider it a computer, but the HP 41 was used on
a number of shuttle flights. A friend of mine from HP went to Houston to
teach the astronauts how to use the 41. I've heard that the HP 65 or 67
was used on some space flights even earlier, but I have not confirmed that.

  Joe
Received on Wed Jan 14 1998 - 16:00:15 GMT