Osborne Vixen Portable Computer, Model OCC4, 1984

The Osborne Computer Company produced the first mass market portable computer--a suitcase-sized "luggable" system weighing 23.5 pounds. Despite initial success, when Osborne declared bankruptcy in 1983, it became the prototype victim of sudden, devastating, technological crashes in high-tech economies. The Osborne Vixen is similar to the initial model, released in 1984 when the company briefly bounced back from bankruptcy.