Osborne Computer Monitor, Model GM-12, circa 1982
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The Osborne Computer Company produced the first mass market portable computer--a suitcase-sized "luggable" system weighing 23.5 pounds. This rare GM-12 monitor functioned as an external 11-inch display for the Osborne 1, more than doubling its standard 5-inch screen. Despite initial success, when Osborne declared bankruptcy in 1983, it became the prototype victim of sudden, devastating, technological crashes in high-tech economies.
The Osborne Computer Company produced the first mass market portable computer--a suitcase-sized "luggable" system weighing 23.5 pounds. This rare GM-12 monitor functioned as an external 11-inch display for the Osborne 1, more than doubling its standard 5-inch screen. Despite initial success, when Osborne declared bankruptcy in 1983, it became the prototype victim of sudden, devastating, technological crashes in high-tech economies.
Artifact
Monitor (Data processing equipment)
Date Made
circa 1982
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2006.12.11
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Glass (Material)
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 10.625 in
Width: 12.563 in
Length: 13.25 in
Inscriptions
OSBORNE COMPUTER CORP. / MODEL - GM-12 / B- 001005 [sticker on back left] TD6720OBRN 81-37 [on attachment end of cable]
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