Osborne Executive Portable Computer, Model OCC2, 1983
THF155784 / Osborne Executive Portable Computer, Model OCC2, 1983
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Artifact Overview
The Osborne 2, or Executive model, had a larger screen size than the first mass-produced portable computer, the Osborne 1. This Limited Edition version was personalized for Osborne employees with a nameplate and custom boot screen. Despite its initial success, Osborne declared bankruptcy in 1983, becoming the prototype victim of sudden, devastating, technology crashes in high-tech economies.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Microcomputer
Date Made
1983
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Computer manufactured and distributed by Osborne Computer Corporation; software created by Creative Computer Products.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2006.12.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Copper alloy
Glass (Material)
Iron alloy
Color
Gray (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 14.125 in
Width: 9 in
Length: 19.75 in
Inscriptions
OSBORNE [on top of CPU case]
LIMITED EDITION / MICHAEL D. BROOKS [name engraved on plate next to monitor screen]
OSBORNE / COMPUTER CORPORATION [on right side of keyboard]
THE 'CASE' . . . . FOR / OSBORNE / JMM / ENTERPRISES [one front bottom right of carrying case]
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