![The Scrib, developed by Bobst Graphic, Lausanne, and the EPFL.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/scrib-titel-300x225.jpg)
Scrib: The laptop made in Switzerland
Germany, UK, USA – whichever way you look at it, the computer is a foreign import here. But one of its forebears was a genuine Swiss creation: the portable writing system called Scrib, specially developed for journalism.
![Possibly the world’s first laptop: The Scrib with case and acoustic coupler ready for transmission.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/3657173_highres-300x201.jpg)
![The reversed display of the screen mounted in the back of the machine could only be read with the aid of a fold-out mirror.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/scrib-spiegel-300x200.jpg)
![Up to 8,000 characters could be stored on a micro cassette; the second tape deck was only used for rapid rewinding of the recording.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/scrib-mikrokassette-300x200.jpg)