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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/LUGGABLE/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
- DATE
- 1983
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0014.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Osborne Computer Corp.
- MODEL
- OSBORNE 1-B
- LOCATION
- Hayward, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- CA 131958
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYBOARD, CONTROLS, PARTS/ METAL HARDWARE & PARTS/ GLASS SCREEN/ LEATHER HANDLE/ SYNTHETIC DISKS IN PAPER PROTECTORS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 50.1 cm
- Width
- 20.1 cm
- Height
- 36.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital computing devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Osborne
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Hayward
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1983-1988
- Canada
-
AMERICAN-MADE COMPUTER USED IN CANADA FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES BY DONOR, WHO IS FREE-LANCE CANADIAN WRITER WORKING AT HOME. HE HAS ALSO BEEN WRITER FOR CBC IN MONTREAL. MR. LAZAR USED THIS COMPUTER UNTIL IT WAS REPLACED IN 1988 WITH TOSHIBA T1000 LAPTOP. SMITH CORONA TD-1 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER WAS USED BY LAZAR WITH OSBORNE. - Function
-
A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS, PROCESSES, & DISPLAYS DATA, PORTABLE SO AS TO BE USEABLE ANYWHERE. - Technical
-
OSBORNE-1 WAS FIRST PORTABLE COMPUTER ON MARKET; INTRODUCED IN MARCH 1981 AS OSBORNE COMPUTER CORP.'S FIRST PRODUCT. SALES SOARED BUT WITHIN 2 YEARS THERE WERE 150 COMPETITORS. TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS INCLUDED 12KG WEIGHT, SMALL SCREEN, & 8 BIT MICROPROCESSOR, WHICH WAS SOON MADE OBSOLETE BY 16-BIT IBM PC. OSBORNE WENT BANKRUPT IN SEPT. 1983. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INTERIOR LABELS READ 'OSBORNE/ COMPUTER CORPORATION/ Hayward, California 94545/ MODEL OCC 1/ SERIAL NO. CA 131958/ Volts...120- Watts...100/ Hertz...50/60 Amps...1.0/ PHASE...1/ MADE IN U.S.A.' & 'OSBORNE 1-B'/ MOULDED 'OSBORNE' ON EACH SIDE OF CASING/ MOULDED 'OSBORNE/ COMPUTER CORPORATION' ON KEYBOARD/ DETACHED LABEL READING 'LANPAR'ON KEYBOARD/ SEE SUPP. INFO. FOR MARKINGS ON DISKS
- Missing
- POSSIBLY WORDSTAR WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE DISK
- Finish
- BUFF TEXTURED SYNTHETIC CASING/ CHARCOAL TEXTURED SYNTHETIC INTERIOR, KEYBOARD, CONTROLS/ LIGHT GREY KEYS/ BLACK HANDLE/ BLACK DISKS WITH WHITE LABELS/ GREY OR BLACK SLEEVES/ CHARCOAL CARDBOARD
- Decoration
- N/A
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