Object Details
- Associated Name
- Herda, Paul
- Osborne Computer Corporation
- Osborne Computer Corporation
- Description
- This was one of the earliest "portable" computers. It was considered portable in that it could be carried from place to place. But "portable" was also seen as an ironic label for it because it was heavy to carry (about 30 lbs). When it was packed up in its case, it resembled a portable sewing machine was sometimes referred to as the "sewing machine".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Paul Herda
- 1982?
- ID Number
- 1997.0026.01
- catalog number
- 1997.0026.01
- accession number
- 1997.0026
- Object Name
- Portable Computer
- Measurements
- overall (closed): 8 1/2 in x 20 in x 17 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 50.8 cm x 44.45 cm
- overall (open): 8 1/2 in x 20 in x 26 in; 21.59 cm x 50.8 cm x 66.04 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_212837
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e7cc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
