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The Enhanced Tactical Computer or ETC is a portable rugged computer, built by Elbit Systems, and used by the United States Department of Defense.It is a modular system, built using COTS hardware, and enclosed in MIL-STD 810 cases, build to withstand harsh conditions and temperatures from -25° to 55°C. [1]
The 1535EXP was also the first rugged portable PC to attain full TEMPEST accreditation from the NSA. [3] Another modification – the Grid GRiDCASE 1537EXP – has another screen (640×480 instead of 640×400, but with less physical size). The power input is 100–240 V AC 50/60/400 Hz, 80 W.
A rugged tablet may be semi-rugged or fully rugged. The semi-rugged might have a protective case, rain-resistant body. Fully rugged tablets are engineered from the inside-out to work in extreme temperatures and other harsh conditions. They are designed to resist drops, shocks and vibrations while maintaining strength to be dust- and waterproof.
Octagon Systems Corporation is an industrial computer design and manufacturing company originally based in Westminster, Colorado.Octagon Systems designs, manufactures, sells, repairs and supports its line of industrial, mobile and rugged computer systems for industries including mining, military, transportation and others.
GridPad (1989). In 1988, Tandy Corporation purchased the Grid company. [3] AST Computer acquired the US wing of company, and was itself later acquired by Samsung. [4]Grid still produced the GRiDCASE laptops, and the first GridPad tablet also was released in 1989; [5] Also a few rebranded models of another manufacturers were released, include Tandy/Victor Technologies Grid 386 (Compaq SLT clone ...
Tadpole was founded in 1994 [1] and originally based in Cambridge, England, then for a time in Cupertino, California. [2]In 1998, Tadpole acquired RDI Computer Corporation of Carlsbad, California, [3] who produced the competing Britelite and Powerlite portable SPARC-based systems, for $6 million.
Octagon Computer Superstore is a computer retail store in the Philippines. It has 150 branches nationwide along with their subsidiary, Micro Valley Computer Center [ 3 ] with headquarters at 747 Romualdez Street, corner Zobel Street, Ermita , Manila . [ 1 ]
Some of the earliest computers were military computers. Military requirements for portability and ruggedness led to some of the earliest transistorized computers, such as the 1958 AN/USQ-17, the 1959 AN/MYK-1 (), the 1960 M18 FADAC, and the 1962 D-17B; the earliest integrated-circuit based computer, the 1964 D-37C; as well as one of the earliest laptop computers, the 1982 Grid Compass.