Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 22:48:46 -0400
From: William F. Adams
To: Rob Borsari
Subject: GRiD information
I purchased a GRiDCase III plus when I was with the Air Force in Korea in 1985-6. Bought it when a friend of mine told me about an Army unit (Rangers?) who were using one and dropped it out of a helicopter onto an asphalt landing pad - when they took it into the shop and said they needed a new one, the tech asked, "what's wrong with it?" "we dropped it" "are you sure it's broken" "no" Turned out the machine was only scratched and dinged.
There's a fairly famous picture of a GRiD on the knee of a soldier from Desert Storm...
It was also featured on the cover of the Greater Richmond, VA phone book a couple of years ago -- one panel in three.
It's also to be found in at least one major book on art as an example of industrial design - e-mail me back on this one if you want me to look up the reference.

William

William Adams

Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 10:47:18 -0600
From: Dan O-Connell
To: Rob Borsari
Subject: Re: GRiD parts, Laptops + info

Grid gave me 2 1520's to use in my seismic refraction experiment in Antarctica. They wrote a little story about it for one of their newsletters and included a photo of my fiberglass hut and a helicopter sitting on the Tourmaline Plateau (an icefield). They even lent me a 1530 for my last trip down. I still have 2 1520's, although they aren't used much. My wife bought a Hitachi 90C to replace her GriD. I'd love to have a 1585...

Cheers,

Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 12:00:49
From: Bernard Kampmann
To: Rob Borsari
Subject: Re: GRiD parts, Laptops + info

Rob,
Nice Web page!
I have two of the old Grid dino's, a 1520 and a 1530 and I LOVE them. Wished someone would build such quality again!! Recently I upgraded the 1530 with one of the Cyrix 486 overdrive processors. Makes a huge difference from the old 386-12. They are discontinued but if you call Cyrix they can direct you mailorder houses that still have stock.
Did you find any links to parts? I used to get some stuff from Tandy (800-442-2425) but some of their prices are goldplated ($200 for 1Mb SIPP!!) Electrified has some goods but no internal parts.
Where did you get the specs for the model 1585/1580 from?? That looks like a real modernized Grid? Someone building them again with pentiums? Any sources you know of to get one?? Thanks, and good luck with your page.
Bernard