Artifact Details

Title

Guide to the First Osborne Group (FOG) records

Catalog Number

102708253

Type

Document

Description

The First Osborne Group (FOG) records contain software and documentation created primarily between 1981 and 1993. This material was created or authored by FOG members for other members using hardware compatible with CP/M and later MS and PC-DOS software. The majority of the collection consists of software written by FOG members to be shared through the library. Also collected are textual materials held by the library, some internal correspondence, and an incomplete collection of the FOG newsletters.

Date

1979-1997; bulk 1981-1993

Author

Doran, Jack; Lott, Sara Chabino

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Extent

26.57 linear feet; 3 record cartons, 5 manuscript boxes, 2 periodicals boxes, and 18 software boxes

Format

5.25 inch Floppy Disk; 3.5 inch Floppy Disk; 8 inch Floppy Disk

Category

Finding Aid

Subject

First Osborne Group; CP/M; Osborne Computer Corporation

Collection Title

First Osborne Group (FOG) records

Credit

Gift of Gale Rhoades

Lot Number

X4071.2007