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Osborne Portable Computer, Model OCC1, 1981-1982

Osborne Computer Corporation1981/1982

The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States

The Osborne 1 is the first mass-produced portable computer--a suitcase-sized "luggable" system weighing 23.5 pounds. It was one of the first bundled systems, with an inclusive package of hardware and software including word processing, spreadsheet, and BASIC programs. Despite initial success, when Osborne declared bankruptcy in 1983, it became the prototype victim of sudden, devastating, technological crashes in high-tech economies.

Details

  • Title: Osborne Portable Computer, Model OCC1, 1981-1982
  • Creator: Osborne Computer Corporation
  • Date Created: 1981/1982
  • Location: United States, California, Fremont
  • Subject Keywords: Communication, Microcomputers, Computers
  • Type: Objects
  • Contributor: The Henry Ford
  • Original Source: Digital Collections
  • Object Name: Microcomputer
  • Object ID: 89.356.1
  • Manufacturer: Osborne Computer Corporation
  • Image ID: THF155782
  • Field: Computing
  • Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

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