Artifact Details

Description

B&W image of the Osborne 1.
Verso: Paper label:" Single-use Reproduction Rights Granted (c) The Computer Muceum"
Red striped paper label:" Osborne 1 Computer"
Metadata attached: " The Computer Museum 300 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210 (617) 426-2800"
The 24 pound Osborne 1 introduced in 1981 was advertised as the first "portable" computer. The Osborne 1's keyboard folds over the face of the computer and bercomes its own carrying case. Osborne's initial succees can be atrtributed to the extensive software that came with the purchase price."

Identifying Numbers

Other number

#1938

Verso

Dimensions

overall: 8 x 10

Category

Identification photograph

Series Title

Virtual Visible Storage images

Credit

Courtesy of Gwen Bell

Lot Number

X7413.2015