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Bill Moggridge died at 69 – invented flip open laptop

GADFRAN

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Monday, September 10, 2012

Bill Moggridge died at 69 of cancer – invented flip open laptop.

Did not see this mentioned elsewhere and may be of interest to many on this site.

From WWW.HUFFINGTONPOST.COM today.

Sold for $8150 and released 1982. Used by military and on Space Shuttle Discovery 1985. Had rugged magnesium case.

Won patent for “clamshell” design that fit all snugly together – screen, keyboard & circuitry.

Today, we just take that design for granted and that it has “ always been “ – like so many computer ideas from the vintage era we use so freely today.

So obvious today, but not back then !

Frank
 
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