Ah, yes, I got my start in computers on with an Osborne 1. $1795 _with_ software was such a deal at the time. The screen was small and the ~90KB the floppies held made for some interesting disk juggling (I wrote a MailMerge program so I could print my papers that were longer than ~15 pages -- 30KB -- with continuous page numbering), but it was a computer that I could afford. I even took it to Peru for the archaeological projects I worked on. The computers today may be faster and the programs can do more (often _too much_, IMHO), but the Osborne 1 met my needs quite well, thank you. Bob One obit: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/29921.html -----Original Message----- From: David Vohs [mailto:netsurfer_x1@fastmailbox.net] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:37 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Osborne Indeed, the man was quite a genius in his time. Sometimes it makes me wonder what the computer world (especially the portables market!) would be like if he had never joined the business. That's some food for thought, huh? kill to -- David Vohs netsurfer_x1(a)fastmailbox.net -- http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely different...