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    The Osborne Computer Corporation (OCC) was an American computer company and pioneering maker of portable computers. It was located in the Silicon Valley...
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    Adam Osborne (March 6, 1939 – March 18, 2003) was a British author, software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United...
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    The Osborne 1 is the first commercially successful portable computer, released on April 3, 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation. It weighs 24.5 lb (11...
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  • It is an example of cannibalization. The term alludes to the Osborne Computer Corporation, whose second product did not become available until more than...
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    The Osborne Vixen is a "luggable" portable computer announced by the Osborne Computer Corporation in November 1984, as a follow-up to their Osborne 1 and...
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    The Osborne Executive is the successor of the already commercially successful Osborne 1 portable computer by Osborne Computer Corporation. The Executive...
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    1976 at Xerox PARC, was a precursor to later portable computers from Osborne Computer Corporation and Compaq, though it remained a prototype and did not...
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    The Osborne PC is an unreleased IBM PC–compatible personal computer developed between 1983 and 1984 by Osborne Computer Corporation. Only prototypes of...
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    Osborne was the name of one of the largest and most successful computer wholesalers and resellers in Australia. Osborne Corporation in Australia was originally...
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    Lee Felsenstein (category American computer scientists)
    designer of the Osborne 1, the first mass-produced portable computer. Before the Osborne, Felsenstein designed the Intel 8080 based Sol-20 computer from Processor...
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  • an Australian computer retailer Osborne Computer Corporation, computer company created by Adam Osborne Osborne 1 portable computer Osborne Group, Spanish...
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  • independent Exited the computer business in 2007, but still active in servers Formerly a brand of Sony; in 2014, Vaio Corporation Inc., a joint venture...
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    compete with the popular Osborne 1 portable microcomputer. Kaypro produced a line of rugged, "luggable" CP/M-based computers sold with an extensive software...
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  • products. MBASIC was one of the two versions of BASIC bundled with the Osborne 1 computer. The name "MBASIC" is derived from the disk file name MBASIC.COM of...
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    Vadem (category Computer companies established in 1983)
    services to companies such as Zenith Data Systems, Osborne Computer Corporation, and Sharp Corporation, among others. In the late 1990s, the company released...
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  • Sorcim (redirect from Sorcim Corporation)
    SuperCalc, a spreadsheet the company developed for the Osborne Computer Corporation portable computer. The company made many other products, including SuperWriter...
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    books, including Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of the Osborne Computer Corporation with Adam Osborne and Dvorak's Guide to Desktop Telecommunications in...
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  • composition of capital, a theory in Marxian economics Osborne Computer Corporation, an American computer company Occasionally connected computing Optimistic...
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  • Roach as CEO, the corporation started to invest into the personal computer market, being one of the pioneers in the personal computer race, being lauded...
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    List of floppy disk formats (category Floppy disk computer storage)
    Thom; Iannamico, Mike (1982). Osborne 1 Technical Manual (PDF). Osborne Computer Corporation. p. 39. "Sega SF-7000 Super Control Station User Guide". Sega...
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    The Silence Breakers (2017) The Guardians (2018) Inanimate objects The Computer (Machine of the Year, 1982) The Endangered Earth (Planet of the Year, 1988)...
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  • that of Osborne Computer Corporation, another portable computer manufacturer whose Osborne 1 was the first commercially successful portable computer ever...
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    first mobile computers were heavy and ran from mains power. The 50 lb (23 kg) IBM 5100 was an early example. Later portables such as the Osborne 1 and Compaq...
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    fashion designer and retailer George Davis; founder of Osborne Computer Corporation Adam Osborne; and chairman & CEO of Bass plc Sir Ian Prosser. Alumni...
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  • Governor of Missouri 1939 – Adam Osborne, Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (d. 2003) 1940 – Ken Danby, Canadian...
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  • O'Donovan - Bluetooth engineer & CSR plc co-founder Adam Osborne, founder of the Osborne Computer Corporation Keith Palmer, leader in public and private partnerships...
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  • car driver (b. 1910) 2003 – Adam Osborne, Thai-English engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (b. 1939) 2004 – Harrison McCain...
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  • engineering Garry Betty, contributor to the design of the original personal computer; earned a chemical engineering degree at Georgia Tech Harsha Bhogle, Indian...
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    Bishop of Winchester Adam Osborne (1939–2003), author, publisher, and computer designer, founder of the Osborne Computer Corporation Adam Duff O'Toole (died...
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  • Corporation (DEC), Apple Inc., IBM PC (Personal Computer), Norsk Data, Atari, Osborne Computer Corporation, and Data General. Most of these innovative mini...
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