On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Olminkhof wrote:
> I have found a Morrow laptop without any obvious model identification.
> While it is something of a wreck, I would at least like to know what it is.
> I've never seen a Morrow in Australia before.
This is the Morrow Pivot Portable, aka Zenith <something-er-other>, aka
Osborne 3.
It is 8086-based, MS-DOS compatible. It comes with built-in applications
like you would see on today's PDA. This computer was in fact an early
attempt at a PDA. When you fire it up, you see a world map. I forget the
function of the map (its been a while since I played with mine) but
presumably its to choose timezones and local dialing codes. It also has a
calendar, I believe something like a scheduler, a calculator, etc. all in
graphics windows. There is an option to then boot to DOS, and you would
stick your DOS floppy into one of the drives.
You may be able to get the one you have working as long as there are no
missing ROMs or anything. I could help you piece it all back together
again in a few weeks when I've got plenty of free time. You'd just need
to document everything that's hanging loose or missing, and a GIF would
help too.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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