The Osborne 1 is the first commercially successful portable computer, released on April 3, 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation. [1] It weighs 24.5 lb (11.1 kg), cost US$1,795, and runs the CP/M 2.2 operating system.

2024年11月27日 · First released on April 3, 1981, Osborne 1 is touted as the first commercially successful portable computer manufactured by the Osborne Computer Corporation. It runs on the CP/M 2.2 operating system and is powered from a wall socket.

Released in June 1981 by the Osborne Computer Corporation, the Osborne 1 is considered to be the first true portable, full-featured computer. It includes all the components required to be a completely useful and operational computer system: a …

The Osborne 1 or OCC-1 was the first portable computer to get to market and become a commercial success. Released in 1981 by the Osborne Computer Corporation the unit weighed in at a hefty 23.5lb and cost a whopping $1795.

2014年10月3日 · Adam Osborne is remembered as the inventor of the Osborne 1, the world's first portable computer. What people tend to forget is that Osborne himself never considered the Osborne 1 to be his most...

Osborne-1 (first edition) The Osborne-1 - Note the full sized 5.25" diskette drives, and the tiny video display. The keyboard is separate from the main unit, and clips onto the front of the machine for storage and travel.

The Osborne 1 is the first commercially successful portable computer, released on April 3, 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation. It weighs 24.5 lbs, cost $1,795, and runs the CP/M 2.2 operating system.

In April 1981 writer and computer entrepreneur Adam Osborne and Osborne Computer Corporation, Hayward, California, produced the first commercially successful "portable" computer, the Osborne 1. It weighed twenty-three pounds, ran the CP/M operating system, and sold for $1795, with $2000 worth of software included.

2023年11月11日 · The Osborne 1 was the brainchild of Adam Osborne, a writer and computer fanatic who saw the potential for portable machines as early as the 1970s. Osborne was inspired by an unwieldy briefcase computer called the CompuCase but realized it could be designed much smaller and lighter.

Designed by American engineer Lee Felsenstein, the Osborne 1 is widely considered the first portable personal computer ever (the IBM 5100 anticipated it by six years but was so outrageously expensive that it’s hard to call it really “personal”*).