Osborne Executive Model OCC2 Microcomputer
date: label: date made
content: 1983
name: label: maker
content: Osborne
label: maker
content: Osborne Computer Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This is the successor to the Osborne I microcomputer. It was intended for use by business travelers and had built-in two disc drives, a monitor, and both aphabetic and numeric keypads. A compartment for a fan is on the right next to the monitor. The top folded down and locked for easier carrying. The microcomputer has a Z80 microprocessor and124K of RAM. Additional RAM includes 4K for two 128-character sets, 4K X 12 bit RAM for video memory, and 2K for scratchpad RAM. 8K of ROM is present. The serial number of this example is EDCA0000026048. The price of the Osborne Executive included software (see 1991.0186.04) and documentation (see 1991.0186.02 and 1991.0186.03). The product competed for sales with the existing inventory of Osborne I microcomputers, and- the company was soon bankrupt
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Stephen Arrants, "Osborne Executive," <I>Creative Computing</I> 9 #13, November 1983, p. 48.
label: Description
content: Jerry Pournelle, "The Osborne Executive and Executive II," <I>Byte</I>, 8 #5, May 1983, pp. 38-44.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donald A. and Cynthia C. Hull
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0186.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0186.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0186
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microcomputer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 34.3 cm x 50.2 cm x 20.3 cm; 13 1/2 in x 19 3/4 in x 8 in