The Osborne 1 is generally recognized as the world's first self-contained portable computer. But it is only portable in the sense that it can be moved--the concepts of laptops and notebooks was still years away in 1981. You can get the full back story for the
The case is pure plastic and apparently nearly indestructible. The top of the Osborne 1 doubles as the bottom depending on whether you are carrying it or about to open it up.
The Osborne 1 keyboard is just you basic keyboard of the day. However, notice the number pad to the right--one of the primary markets for PCs in these early years were accountants and other financial personnel. For those folks, a number pad was extremely important.
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- Image 6 of the Radio Shack 4P the front cover is on backwards. I had one of these "Transportable" monsters and when you put the cover on it it didn't lean like a piece of modern art. I used to trans... (Read the rest)
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SX-64 what a great box!
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