Osborne Portable

[divsys]

I'm sure they're in perfect working condition.
They make wonderful door stops  ;)

[heper]

doorstops ought to be easily moved in/out of positions. these first gen 'laptops' need a forklift to move :-)

[jwt]

@Phishfry:

Anybody remember this green screen beauty…My Dad was proud of this machine when he got it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_1

I had one.  I gave it to my ex-wife in the divorce.  (Yes, I'm that old.)

The screen wasn't green.  Kaypro had a green screen.  The Osborne 1 was white (more grey, really) on black.

[abit]

@Phishfry:

Anybody remember this green screen beauty…My Dad was proud of this machine when he got it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_1

I would not, actually remember but…
The years prelude me by 10 - the earliest I recall is DOS 5, circa 1990, Intel 286 nevertheless...

Wiki is fucked you know, it keeps begging for money, for MONEY period or for MORE MONEY period --

It is going to go down in history like this:
123 - show excel sheets wikipedia

Maybe I am NOT the right guy for this.

[derwood]

Sure do remember it.. My dad had bought one right when it came out with a daisywheel printer and paid me to type up a 30 page document in WordStar.
The keyboard was OK.. The screen sucked compared to my Commodore computer I had in my room.

[Guest]

My childhood bedroom got invaded by a Commodore PET. I wrote a basic chess program on it line by line from a book. Luckily it had a mass storage device(cassette tape) As I remember the program did not compile on the first go around.

[Guest]

I was trying to find the article i copied from and ran across this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Furry_Freak_Brothers

Straight out of Austin Texas

[jwt]

Back in the day, Austin was a wonderful place.

Now we have Yuppies and Republicans in SUVs.

[MontTech]

Why do I remember the screen being orange…?    :o

[GomezAddams]

@Phishfry:

I was trying to find the article i copied from and ran across this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Furry_Freak_Brothers

Straight out of Austin Texas

I loved Freak Brothers comics in my teen years. Unfortunately, the state of Kentucky classified them as "paraphernalia", and my local record store had to stop carrying them. I still have every one of them 40 years later!

[heper]

Fired one of them up. A couple of filter caps exploded & shits started smoking (expected)
After a trip to the nearest electronics shop & some soldering, it works again :D :D

[KOM]

Reminds me of the first clone PC portables ("luggables' is more like it) that I used to sell back in the late 80's.  Weighed around 20-30 lbs, stood as tall as your knees, but you could carry it around.  Likely a ripoff of the IBM 5155 or Compaq Portable.

[kpa]

There was also a Commodore 64 built with a similar design:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_SX-64

[KOM]

Looks more like the Oscilloscope 64, with optional keyboard  ;D