Osborne Vixen Portable Computer, Model OCC4, 1984
THF155887 / Osborne Vixen Portable Computer, Model OCC4, 1984
01
Artifact Overview
The Osborne Computer Company produced the first mass market portable computer--a suitcase-sized "luggable" system weighing 23.5 pounds. 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 Vixen is similar to the initial model, released in 1984 when the company briefly bounced back from bankruptcy.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Microcomputer
Date Made
1984
Creator Notes
Manufactured by Osborne Computer Corporation, Fremont, CA and distributed by Worswick Industries, San Diego, CA.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2006.12.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Metal
Glass (Material)
Rubber (Material)
Dimensions
Height: 7 in
Width: 14 in
Length: 17.5 in
Inscriptions
OSBORNE COMPUTER CORPORATION | FREMONT, CALIFORNIA 94538 | MODEL OCC4 | VIXEN | FCC ID. BW48UCOCC4 [label inside back black covered compartment]
Keywords |
|---|
02
Related Content
articleThe Rise and Fall of the Osborne Computer Corporation
What can the Osborne Computer Corporation’s innovative products and boom-and-bust company history tell us about computing and the high-tech economy?