14 Sep
2012
14 Sep
'12
9:50 a.m.
Message: 12
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:45:50 -0400
From: "Evan Koblentz" < evan at snarc.net >
I bought it new at a Computerland in Chicago, IIRC. I'll have to see if I still have
the receipt for it.There is no logo on the battery carry case, but there is the Osborne
Computer logo on the DC-to-AC converter. The wall wart for the charger was made by Gould.
Bob
>>> On the Osborne 1, Lee Felsenstein
designed in a connector for
external battery power! When queried about how large
the battery
would be, Lee
> Measuring mine (including case), it's
about 155mm wide x 115mm deep x
190mm high
Then it must be a prototype, or custom-made, or unauthorized, because Lee
himself told me Osborne never made a battery, and that there was a deal in
the works to authorize an aftermarket battery, but the deal fell through. 
4 p.m.
Searching around a little bit it looks like perhaps a Dallas, TX based
company named "*BITS INCORPORATED*" seems to have a classified looking ad
for osborne users about a battery pack. It's just a text ad though so not
sure what it looks like.
8:40 p.m.
>> Searching around a little bit it looks like
perhaps a Dallas, TX based
company named "*BITS INCORPORATED*" seems to
have a classified looking
ad for osborne users about a battery pack. It's just a text ad though
so not sure what it looks like.
Google Books shows that ad running from July 5, 1982 - Sep. 13, 1982. As
of the Sep. 20 issue it's marketed as a backup power supply, with no
mention of Osborne.
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