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GRiD Systems, Introduces the GRiDPAD, the First Commercially Available Tablet Computer

9/1989
Photo of the GRiDPAD
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The GRidPAD. Computer History Museum.

In 1989 GRiD Systems, a subsidiary of Tandy Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas, introduced the first commercially available tablet computer, the GRiDPad, which used an operating system based on MS-DOS.

Timeline Themes

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer & Calculator Design / Architecture