Osborne (1)

Portable computer: Osborne 1
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Fabrikant	Osborne 200x200px
Model	Osborne 1
Naam	Osborne 1
Type	Portable computer
Serial#
Systeem
Architectuur	Z80
Systeembus/interface
OS	CP/M 2.2
Netwerk
Hostname
IP Address
DECnet Address
MAC Address
Collectiegegevens
Eigenaar	Museum
Status	Not entirely well
Knowhow
Locatie	Museumhal
Label	N/A
Herkomst
Datum opname collectie
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Description

• Dual 5¼-inch, single-sided 40 track full height floppy disk drives ("dual density" upgrade available)
• 4 MHz Z80 CPU
• 64 kilobytes main memory
• Fold-down 69 key detachable keyboard doubling as the computer case's lid
• 5-inch, 52 character × 24 line monochrome CRT display, mapped as a window on 128 × 32 character display memory
• IEEE-488 port configurable as a Parallel printer port
• RS-232 compatible 1200 or 300 baud Serial port for use with external modems or serial printers

Broken

The device needs a new floppydrive which we thought was available. But de Osborne has a special drive with power via the ribbon cable, not via the usual molex connector.

Overigens las ik hier dat je met de shift toets ingedrukt, de andere disk kan booten. denz jul 14, 2011 13:47 (CEST)

Links

Manuals of the Osborne 1 from Bitsavers, and mirrored locally:

• Osborne 1 Users Reference Guide
• Osborne 1 Technical Manual
• Double Density Disk Drive Option Installation Procedure
• SCREEN-PAC Option Installation Procedure