Osborne 1 needs a new home
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:21 pm
I have an Osborne 1, which I bought in 1986 from a friend who had it from new. I used it for a few years to do accounting and general correspondence in my business at the time, but was wooed away to a PC.
I have used it a few times since, but not for years.
Now I accept that I will never make any further use of it, and I need to pass it on. If there is any sympathetic place for it to go to locally, I reckon that this forum is where I will find it. So, this machine is going free to someone who can do something with it.
The case is in pretty good condition - I didn't ever cart it around that much. There's a recent post elsewhere on this forum with a Youtube link at http://classic-computers.org.nz/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=819&p=8429&hilit=osborne#p8429
I also have a copy of the User's Reference Guide and a copy of the Technical Manual in its ring binder. I can't find the box of floppies with Osborne software, so these may have been tidied away over the years.
The only real problem with it is that there is a fault somewhere around the WD disc controller which means that it cannot access the drives. The heads will load and discs spin up, but valid data is not forthcoming and read errors abound. It had a similar problem in the late 1980s which was repaired then by replacing the disc controller IC.
Is anyone interested?
I have used it a few times since, but not for years.
Now I accept that I will never make any further use of it, and I need to pass it on. If there is any sympathetic place for it to go to locally, I reckon that this forum is where I will find it. So, this machine is going free to someone who can do something with it.
The case is in pretty good condition - I didn't ever cart it around that much. There's a recent post elsewhere on this forum with a Youtube link at http://classic-computers.org.nz/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=819&p=8429&hilit=osborne#p8429
I also have a copy of the User's Reference Guide and a copy of the Technical Manual in its ring binder. I can't find the box of floppies with Osborne software, so these may have been tidied away over the years.
The only real problem with it is that there is a fault somewhere around the WD disc controller which means that it cannot access the drives. The heads will load and discs spin up, but valid data is not forthcoming and read errors abound. It had a similar problem in the late 1980s which was repaired then by replacing the disc controller IC.
Is anyone interested?