Chuck(G)
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From the AP:
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So, you Grid Compass owners, open your system's lid today and think of Bill.
Bill Moggridge, a British industrial designer who designed an early portable computer with the flip-open shape that is common today, has ied. He was 69.
The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum said Moggridge, its director since 2010, died on Saturday from cancer.
Moggridge is credited with the design of the Grid Compass, a computer that had a keyboard and yellow-on-black display that sold for $8,150 when it was released in 1982. It was encased in magnesium and seen as rugged, and was used by the U.S. military.
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So, you Grid Compass owners, open your system's lid today and think of Bill.