Who invented the first "clamshell" laptop?

From: SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com <(SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com)>
Date: Tue Dec 21 20:43:08 1999

well, the lcd screen for the //c only sits on top of the computer and does
not fold down and is not integral with the rest of the computer so it really
doesnt apply. I think the time zone was 1984 or thereabouts.

In a message dated 12/21/99 8:30:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jim_at_calico.litterbox.com writes:

> I would have said Apple, with the LCD screen that went on the Apple 2 C.
> But I think that was after 1982.
>
> >
> > At 12:36 AM 12/21/99 GMT, you wrote:
> > >Who (by company, that is) invented the first "clamshell" laptop? I am
> > >tempted to believe it is either GRiD or Zenith Data Systems that
> introduced
> > >this style, but if I had to, I'd lay my money on GRiD.
> >
> > Take the money and run.
> >
> > GRiD Compass: 1982 (Sometime in the fall)
> > Sharp PC-5000: 1983 (March)
> > Gavilan: 1983 (March or April)
> > TRS-80 m100: 1983
> > TRS-80 m200: 1985?
> >
> > I don't know what Zenith's first clamshell was, but I'm pretty sure it
was
> > much later on.
> >
> >
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