{"id":50863,"date":"2024-02-28T13:51:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T21:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=50863"},"modified":"2024-02-28T13:51:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T21:51:59","slug":"my-new-osborne-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/28\/my-new-osborne-1\/","title":{"rendered":"My New Osborne 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1020,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/tenforward.social\\\/@trevorflowers@machines.social&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/tenforward.social\\\/redirect\\\/accounts\\\/108223699312174638&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1021,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Osborne_1&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1022,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/CP\\\/M&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260227153534\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/CP\\\/M&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-01 21:00:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-16 00:47:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 09:18:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:04:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:04:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1023,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/WordStar&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260206094730\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/WordStar&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-01 21:00:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-16 00:47:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 09:18:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:04:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:429}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:04:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:429},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1024,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Snake_(video_game_genre)&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260228130058\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Snake_(video_game_genre)&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-01 21:00:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-16 00:47:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 09:18:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:04:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:04:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Thanks to the 3D printing wizardry of <a href=\"https:\/\/tenforward.social\/@trevorflowers@machines.social\">@trevorflowers@machines.social<\/a>, I now have an adorably tiny replica of an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Osborne_1\">Osborne 1<\/a> on my desktop!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_2161-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"A small 3D printed Osborne 1 and two tiny floppy disks sitting on my desk in front of a modern Apple keyboard.\" title=\"IMG_2161.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Osborne 1 was my first computer (well, my family&#8217;s)\u2026and second, and third, as we picked up a couple more from friends as they moved on, allowing me to swap parts around to keep one running.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_2163-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"The top of the computer, showing the Osborne logo embossed into the case.\" title=\"IMG_2163.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two 5.25&#8243; floppy drives, a 5&#8243; 52&#215;20-character green screen, ran <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CP\/M\">CP\/M<\/a>. A &#8220;portable&#8221; computer, it was the size of a suitcase, weighed 25 pounds, and didn&#8217;t have a battery, but because you could flip the keyboard up and latch it onto the front to lug it around, it counted as portable!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_2164-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"The front of the Osborne, showing the floppy drives, disk storage slots, screen, and keyboard connected to the case with a curly cable.\" title=\"IMG_2164.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I typed early school papers with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WordStar\">Wordstar<\/a> (which coincidentally doubled as early training for HTML, as it used printer control codes to tell our dot-matrix printer to print \\bbold\\b or \\uunderlined\\u text; when I discovered HTML, it was an instant &#8220;oh, yeah, this makes sense&#8221; moment), played <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snake_(video_game_genre)\">Snake<\/a> before it showed up on Nokia mobile phones, and taught myself the basics of BASIC by translating a Choose Your Own Adventure book into a simple text-based adventure game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_2162-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Another view of the front of the Osborne.\" title=\"IMG_2162.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Though our full-size Osbornes were disposed of years ago, I&#8217;m ridiculously pleased to have this lil&#8217; guy on my desk now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_2166-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"The mini Osborne sitting on top of my Mac mini, next to a teddy bear skeleton, Lego figure pendant, two tiny 3D printed skulls, and a 45 single adapter pin with the Norwescon 45 logo.\" title=\"IMG_2166.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though our full-size Osbornes were disposed of years ago, I&#8217;m ridiculously pleased to have this lil&#8217; guy on my desk now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043,2038],"tags":[4266],"class_list":["post-50863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-tech","tag-osborne-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}