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The Rise and Fall of Osborne

I imagine anyone interested in retrocomputing knows about the Osborne-1 and the so-called Osborne Effect. Is it true? I don’t know. Maybe? Sure? Why not.

But I find the story behind the company, Osborne Computer Corporation, to be just as interesting.

From the March 1984 issue of Creative Computing magazine, here’s David H. Ahl on the rise and fall of OCC.

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