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Article: GRiD laptop computers give BP America competitive edge. (GRiD Systems Corp.)
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- April 30, 1990
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GRiD LAPTOP COMPUTERS GIVE BP AMERICA COMPETITIVE EDGE
FREMONT, Calif., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Gayle Kitterman, a retail facility supervisor with BP America, covers her Northern California territory armed with a GRiD laptop computer.
Kitterman is one of 98 field supervisors who use the 12-pound computers to help the oil company monitor fuel and merchandise sales at its company-operated service stations and car washes. Each supervisor is responsible for a territory that typically includes 10 to 15 BP outlets.
The battery-powered GRiD 140XT laptops, configured with 2400 baud modems and 20MB hard disks, give the subsidiary of British Petroleum ...