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91/251 Portable personal computer, with cables, adaptor, user's manuals, plastic/metal/glass/paper/vinyl, Osborne Computer Organisation, USA, 1981-82

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Object statement
Portable personal computer, with cables, adaptor, user's manuals, plastic/metal/glass/paper/vinyl, Osborne Computer Organisation, USA, 1981-82
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
This computer was built in 1981 and used by author Mark O'Connor until 1989
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
This portable personal computer was used by Australian author/poet Mark O'Connor form 1983 till 1989.

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Description
Portable personal computer, with cables, adaptor, user's manuals, plastic/metal/glass/paper/vinyl, Osborne Computer Organisation, USA, 1981-82.

Made: Osborne Computer Corporation; United States of America; 1981 - 1982

: Osborne Computer Corporation; Japan


Used: O'Connor, Mark; Australia
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The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
91/251
Production date
1981 - 1982
Height
225 mm
Width
520 mm
Depth
400 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1991
Subjects
+ Computing
+ Information Technology
+ Poetry
+ Literature
+ O'Connor, Mark
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