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