The first portable computer, developed by Adam Osborne and introduced in 1981. Floppy disk based with 64K of memory, the Osborne 1 used the CP/M operating system and a modified version of the ...

Portable computing started in 1981, when Adam Osborne introduced his CP/M-based business computer called the Osborne 1. It came bundled with a modified version of the WordStar word processor ...

Created by British-American software publisher and computer designer Adam Osborne, the Osborne 1 is recognized as the first commercially successful portable computer, shipping in April 1981 ...

Hewlett-Packard's 9100A, the world's first personal computer, was based on a prototype built by Tom Osborne of Cody. Called “The Green Machine,” it ...

The modern laptop has its origins in the mid to ... being a defining characteristic of portables such as the Osborne 1 and Compaq Portable, and it’s great to see it included here.

Nowhere is this truer than with laptops and tablet PCs. The supposedly portable computers of the early 1980s, such as Osborne 1 and Compaq, were conventional desktop computers with a small monitor ...

Although it was anything but small by today's standards, the Gavilan SC was more compact than rival IBM PC-compatible portable computers such as the 28 pounder (13 kg) Compaq Portable. Gavilan ...

Planted firmly between a desktop and a laptop, these machines were lovingly called so because they were portable, but just barely. Think Kaypro, Osborne ... original DOS 3.1 form.

but you’ll want to back anything important up in the cloud or on a portable SSD. The webcam, microphone, and speakers are all great. HP has upgraded the webcam on nearly all of its computers to ...

Dr. John Osborne has a secondary appointment in the Department of Computer Science where he teaches Natural Language Processing (NLP) with a focus on biomedical text. Dr. Osborne came to UAB by way of ...

RIT has created minimum security requirements for desktop and laptop computers. RIT uses many types of computing devices, physical and virtual (desktop, portable, tablet, smartphone, etc.), to access ...