On the Osborne 1 and Adam Osborne, 30 years later.

<i>"Hi, this is Steve Jobs. I'd like to speak with Adam Osborne."<p>The secretary informed Steve that Mr. Osborne was not available, and would not be back in the office until tomorrow morning. She asked Steve if he would like to leave a message.<p>"Yes", Steve replied. He paused for a second. "Here's my message. Tell Adam he's an asshole."<p>There was a long delay, as the secretary tried to figure out how to respond. Steve continued, "One more thing. I hear that Adam's curious about the Macintosh. Tell him that the Macintosh is so good that he's probably going to buy a few for his children even though it put his company out of business!"</i><p><a href="http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&#38;story=Tell_Adam_Hes_An_Asshole.txt&#38;sortOrder=Sort%20by%20Date&#38;detail=medium" rel="nofollow">http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&#38;story...</a>

I used an Osborne 1 as a child, it was my uncle's. He used to take it with him as he travelled between factories a lot and often had to write reports.<p>Although it looks ridiculous now, it really was mind-bending technology at the time. This was a full computer running full CP/M! Wordstar! Everything! Here's a video of the Osborne 1 in action[1].<p>He also had an Epson HX-20[2] which he eventually gave to me, it's an amazing machine and bizarrely Epson still provide support pages for it.[3]<p>[1] - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgTC2_Y8SQ4" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgTC2_Y8SQ4</a><p>[2] - <a href="http://oldcomputers.net/hx-20.html" rel="nofollow">http://oldcomputers.net/hx-20.html</a><p>[3] - <a href="http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&#38;oid=14492" rel="nofollow">http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_...</a>