I'm guessing you intended to ask me if mine was the grey one. Ayup, mine is grey.
;) I just found it to be such an amazing coincidence to find someone with a serial
number of an osborne the same as mine. :)
Dan
Sam Ismail wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Gary Oliver wrote:
>
> > In a private exchange with Dan, we discovered we both have Osborne 1 computers
> > with very similar serial number. I have a light brown machine with "A 00547"
> > while he has one with "CA 000547". It brings to mind the question of what
> > serial numbers were used for the Osbornes at what time. Does anyone have any
> > definitive information about this?
>
> Gary, yours is the older one. By "light brown" I'll take that to mean
> "tan" which is the style of the first run of Osborne 1's (and also the
> type I have). Both of mine have serial numbers less than 2000, both with
> an 'A' prefix. One of the two is specifically "A1284". I'd be willing to
> bet that Gary's is the newer Osborne model (the grey, more rectangular
> shaped model). How about it, Gary?
>
> > I "inherited" mine with the above serial number (inherited may be the
> > wrong word - a friend heard I "collected" and found an easy disposal I
> > think :-) and am now wondering just when it was produced. I'm not a
> > student of the "Ozzies" so don't know when case styles changed and all
> > that. Mine appears to be "hand made" in that there are obvious "hand
> > carvings" on the molded brown case. And there appear to to some drilled
> > holes that were "a little off target."
>
> I think that was just indicative of a poor manufacturing process, but I
> recall mine also has holes drilled off-center and such. I don't know when
> the new vs. the old model came out either, but the first Osborne's hit the
> streets in April of 1981.
>
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