Osborne Executive 1
date: label: Date made
content: 1982?
name: label: Associated Name
content: Herda, Paul
label: maker
content: Osborne Computer Corporation
label: maker
content: Osborne Computer Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This was one of the earliest "portable" computers. It was considered portable in that it could be carried from place to place. But "portable" was also seen as an ironic label for it because it was heavy to carry (about 30 lbs). When it was packed up in its case, it resembled a portable sewing machine was sometimes referred to as the "sewing machine".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Paul Herda
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0026.01
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0026.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0026
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Portable Computer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall (closed): 8 1/2 in x 20 in x 17 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 50.8 cm x 44.45 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (open): 8 1/2 in x 20 in x 26 in; 21.59 cm x 50.8 cm x 66.04 cm