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The Rise and Fall of Adam Osborne

121 点作者 dshipper大约 1 年前

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gumby大约 1 年前
&gt; Adam Osborne, creator of the Osborne 1<p>I think this is a correct way to put it, but FWIW on HN: the person who actually designed the device (not just the hardware) was the legendary Lee Felsenstein. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Lee_Felsenstein" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Lee_Felsenstein</a>
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stevage大约 1 年前
What an amazing article.<p>I&#x27;m fascinated that anyone has the time and resources to write articles like this and get paid somehow?
earleybird大约 1 年前
&quot;nobody had anything near as convenient as the Osborne 1.&quot;<p>I had&#x2F;still have an Osbourne 1 and would occasionally lug it from home to work. At almost 25 lbs it was a workout. 10 minute walk to the Seabus and then another almost 10 min walk to the office in downtown Vancouver.<p>I implemented a threaded interpreter [0] on it where the source was spread over 3 floppies. To assemble it I ran the 3 floppies through a small basic program that stripped all the comments out wrote it to a single floppy.<p>In the office it was occasionally referred to as &#x27;the nose burn&#x27; since the 5&quot; screen was rather small and some had to get close to the screen to read it.<p>It was sufficient to write resumes for myself and a sibling.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sinclairql.speccy.org&#x2F;archivo&#x2F;docs&#x2F;books&#x2F;Threaded_interpretive_languages.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sinclairql.speccy.org&#x2F;archivo&#x2F;docs&#x2F;books&#x2F;Threaded_in...</a>
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JSR_FDED大约 1 年前
Fantastic article, great to see the personality, drive and passion of these early microcomputer pioneers. Same vibe as Halt and Catch Fire.<p>I like the unifying theory of needing both the waves of publicity to succeed, as well as building a functional well-run business at the same time.
fuzztester大约 1 年前
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Adam_Osborne" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Adam_Osborne</a>
whartung大约 1 年前
Back in the day I got to go to a demo and presentation about the machine.<p>An interesting thing about the design was that it had a 5” screen, but it could only show about 50 columns at a time of the 80 column display. There was a knob you turned to pan the display.<p>In the end I think the Kaypro was a much better execution of the idea, even with its sharp cornered, steel, shin smashing design.<p>I certainly did enjoy his books however.
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Max-q大约 1 年前
In 1981, where the article starts, Steve Jobs biggest competitor was Jack Tramiels Commodore. VIC 20 was the best selling computer at the time, and became the first computer to sell one million units. The year after the C64 came out and continued to outsell the Apple 2.<p>Why Commodore is left out of history is a mystery...
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fuzztester大约 1 年前
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20090326232813&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.naturalscience.com&#x2F;ns&#x2F;news&#x2F;news44.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20090326232813&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.natura...</a>
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Sn0wCoder大约 1 年前
Really loved the article. Have been in computing for along time and never heard this story in such detail. Looking forward to the upcoming articles you mention....
zubairq大约 1 年前
I loved this article about Osbourne. Also, the quote (paraphrased), &quot;The past is an explanation of the present&quot;
aqme28大约 1 年前
Would have thought that Steve Job&#x27;s biggest rival was Bill Gates.
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