BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
Question
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ENIAC
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UNIVAC 1
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Osborne 1
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Z1
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Osborne 1 is the first commercially successful portable computer, released on April 3, 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation . It weighs 24.5 lb (11.1 kg), cost US$1, 795, and runs the CP/M 2.2 operating system.
Detailed explanation-2: -Osborne 1 introduced Weighing 24 pounds and costing $1, 795, the Osborne 1 is the first mass-produced portable computer.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the use of Osborne 1? Osborne 1 was originally designed for portability. Apart from addressing the portability of computers, it also came prepackaged with multiple productivity software applications, such as spreadsheets, word processing, etc.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was located in the Silicon Valley of the southern San Francisco Bay Area in California. Adam Osborne, the founder of the company, developed, with design work from Lee Felsenstein, the world’s first mass-produced portable computer in 1981.