8 Feb
2014
8 Feb
'14
9:55 a.m.
My first introduction to the Osborne I was sometime around 1980, while
visiting Sorcim for work related to SuperCalc and Pascal-M. Richard
Frank showed me a system consisting of components laid out on a
table--no case. Sorcim was working on the CP/M customization for Adam's
company.
It was a big yawn for me, but I did pipe up on the tiny, tiny monitor.
My work machine, a Durango F-85, came with a 9" screen and I found it
barely usable to work in even at its low-resolution setting of 16 lines
of 64 characters. 24x80 was nearly invisible to my poor eyes, so I
adapted a 12" monitor salvaged from an old Four-Phase system (still have
the thing). I just could not see how such a tiny screen would be a
sales point. Of course, NLS/Kaypro took square aim at this deficiency.
--Chuck