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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 23:25:24 -0700
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From: "A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security" To: "Multiple recipients of list cpsr-history@cpsr.org" Subject: CM> Vaproware & the Osborne
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Subject: Vaproware & the Osborne
>Sometimes preannouncement is not malicious but just stupid. Osborne
>Computer com
>pany, the makers of the first portable computer (42 lbs.) went into bankrupcy s
>hortly after announcing a new model while dealer's shelves were stocked with th
>e old stuff. The cash flow dried up and the company ran out of funds before the
> new model could be delivered.
Saw a number of Osbornes and the original model just was not that interesting.
Tiny screen with a limited display. My absolute criteria was that whatever
I bought had to have at least 80x24 to be usable since a major use was to
be in talking to mainframes where the "real" work was to be done.
I had a VT-100 and modem at home at the time, and was just not willing to
spend $3000 (could still buy a good car for that then) for something that
was less capable.
As I have mentioned before, other than the Sinclair ZX-80 and 81 "toys", the
first computer I bought was a Columbia VP-1600 "transportable" - 8088/dual
floppy/32 lbs/128k but was able to emulate a VT-100 "good enough".
Warmly,
Padgett
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Subject: Vaproware & the Osborne
>Sometimes preannouncement is not malicious but just stupid. Osborne
>Computer com
>pany, the makers of the first portable computer (42 lbs.) went into bankrupcy s
>hortly after announcing a new model while dealer's shelves were stocked with th
>e old stuff. The cash flow dried up and the company ran out of funds before the
> new model could be delivered.
Saw a number of Osbornes and the original model just was not that interesting.
Tiny screen with a limited display. My absolute criteria was that whatever
I bought had to have at least 80x24 to be usable since a major use was to
be in talking to mainframes where the "real" work was to be done.
I had a VT-100 and modem at home at the time, and was just not willing to
spend $3000 (could still buy a good car for that then) for something that
was less capable.
As I have mentioned before, other than the Sinclair ZX-80 and 81 "toys", the
first computer I bought was a Columbia VP-1600 "transportable" - 8088/dual
floppy/32 lbs/128k but was able to emulate a VT-100 "good enough".
Warmly,
Padgett
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