Osborne History - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

20 Aug 1999

I don't know the exact connection, but there was an Osborne company with the
same name and logo in Australia till recently. They seemed to have appeared
about 1988 and were "rescued"  and renamed by Gateway a few years back.

I suspect it was just a case of the name and logo of the original company
being sold.

Hans

-----Original Message-----
From: Sellam Ismail &lt;dastar(a)ncal.verio.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Friday, 20 August 1999 20:10
Subject: Re: Osborne History

...
 On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Bill Sheehan wrote:

> Once upon a time, I know I read a history of Osborne Computer Company
> ("Hypergrowth," by Adam Osborne and John Dvorak - I've got a copy
around
> here somewhere.)  I remember distinctly that they were the hit of Computer
...
 > Faire in 1981, and went bankrupt in September of
'83.
>
> Thanks to my sharp-eyed wife, I now have an Osborne Vixen, the OCC-4.
> The motherboard and copyright notice in the documentation are clearly
> labeled 1984.  I thought they'd already slipped beneath the waves by then.
...

 Can someone enlighten me on the End of Osborne? 
I think they actually lasted until about 1986.  Their last ditch effort
was the Osborne III, which was simply a re-branded Morrow Pivot Portable
(aka the Zenith Z-{somesuchmodel}).

Surprised me too.

Sellam                                    Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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