Osborne I Microcomputer
date: label: date made
content: 1981
label: Date made
content: April 1981
name: label: maker
content: Osborne Computer Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: The Osborne I was one of the first successful microcomputers designed to be portable (the extremely expensive IBM 5100 SCAMP preceded it). It fits within a tough, tan, suitcase exterior. It used CP/M for the operating system and many software programs were available for this, which added to its desirability and useability in the home.
label: Description
content: According to a letter in the accession file, the donors, Shirley A. and George M. Trotter, purchased the computer from Computerland in Dallas, Texas, in 1981. They later purchased the double density upgrade. One of them later wrote to Mr. Osborne and "compared his new computer to the Ford Model-T. That comparison later found its way into Osborne advertising."
label: Description
content: For the monitor, see 1986.0683.02.
label: Description
content: For related documentation, see 1986.3125.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: S.A. & G.M. Trotter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0683.01
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0683.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0683
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microcomputer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: manufactured (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 cm x 19.5 cm x 14 cm; 5 1/8 in x 7 11/16 in x 5 1/2 in