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Sarah E Bourne (sbourne@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 03:07:09 JST Sarah E Bourne
- @knizer@toot.boston
Taken! I made someone happy!!!
I still have my first computer, an Osborne Executive with all of its original software and manuals. It still worked great when I last booted it up in 1999. We're really trying to not hang on to stuff forever, so it's heading for the electronics recycling in a week unless someone wants it. Free, but I don't think I can deal with shipping it anywhere, so pick-up in Woburn, MA.
(Computer details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Executive)
(Any ideas, @knizer?)
#free #VintageComputer
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1. Osborne Executive
  
  The Osborne Executive, released in April 1983, was the successor to the Osborne 1 portable computer. Produced by the Osborne Computer Corporation, the Executive offered numerous improvements over the already successful Osborne 1, including a 7-inch amber phosphor CRT display and more space efficient half-height 5 ¼ disk drives. The Osborne Executive, like the Osborne 1, came with application software. Its software bundle included the WordStar word processor, SuperCalc spreadsheet, and the CBASIC and MBASIC programming languages. The included software packages were all leading applications in their respective fields at the time, and had a retail value of more than US$2,495. The case of the Executive is very similar to that of the revised Osborne 1, with the keyboard acting as both a cover for the display and disk drives as well as a stand for the main unit. Unlike the Osborne 1, the Executive features a cooling fan and air filter underneath the rear case carry-handle. Software The operating system is CP/M version 3.0 (CP/M Plus). A complete listing of the ROM BIOS is available in the Osborne technical manual. Unlike version 2...
Sarah E Bourne (sbourne@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 23:18:23 JST Sarah E Bourne
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- Fedi.Tips 🎄
- amazing_berni
@amazing_berni It sounds like you need @feditips. So many great tips!

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