{"id":1037,"date":"2003-03-24T17:03:38","date_gmt":"2003-03-25T09:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/25\/adam-osborne-dead\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:51:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:51:23","slug":"adam-osborne-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/24\/adam-osborne-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Osborne dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:15037,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/oldcomputers.net\\\/osborne.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260221172726\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.oldcomputers.net\\\/osborne.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 12:09:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 10:45:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 22:18:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 23:10:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 23:10:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15038,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/doc.weblogs.com\\\/2003\\\/03\\\/24#soIsHeReallyDead&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20060328115034\\\/http:\\\/\\\/doc.weblogs.com:80\\\/2003\\\/03\\\/24&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 12:09:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 10:45:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 22:18:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 23:10:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 23:10:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15039,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/slashdot.org\\\/article.pl?sid=03\\\/03\\\/25\\\/0032236&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/slashdot.org\\\/article.pl?sid=03\\\/03\\\/25\\\/0032236&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>It looks like Adam Osborne, creator of the <a href=\"http:\/\/oldcomputers.net\/osborne.html\" title=\"Osborne 1 computer\">Osborne 1 portable computer<\/a>, has died. <a href=\"http:\/\/doc.weblogs.com\/2003\/03\/24#soIsHeReallyDead\" title=\"So...is he really dead?\">Probably<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While everyone has to go at some point, it&#8217;s a bit of a bummer &#8212; a bit of computer history fading away. My family&#8217;s first computers were Osborne 1&#8217;s, which I&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/06\/back_in_the_day.html\" title=\"Back in the day\">reminisced about<\/a> in the past. Almost laughable by today&#8217;s standards, they were top of the line in the 80&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/doc.weblogs.com\/2003\/03\/24#soIsHeReallyDead\" title=\"So...is he really dead?\">Doc Searls<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/article.pl?sid=03\/03\/25\/0032236\" title=\"\/.: Portable Pioneer Adam Osborne dead at 64\">\/.<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like Adam Osborne, creator of the Osborne 1 portable computer, has died. 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