On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
> An Osborne Vixen followed me home today. Can somebody familiar with these
> things tell me if I have a *RARE* *VALUABLE* prototype? It doesn't look
> exactly like the one in the brochure:
I went downstairs to compare mine, saw how much of a hassle it would be to
dig it out, then turned around and headed right back upstairs.
> For one thing, it doesn't actually say Vixen on it anywhere (except on the
> floppy in the drive), for another the floppy drives are arranged
> horizontally rather than vertically, and for yet another the serial number
> starts off with EXP.
I'm pretty certain mine said "Vixen".
Ok, my curiousity getting the best of me, I went downstairs and, risking
great bodily injury and pulling muscles, I managed to dig out my Vixen
while nearly destroying multiple machines in the process.
> Does anybody know if the production version included a GPIB port (mine has
> one). I don't suppose anybody would like to offer me Vixen manuals, eh?
Mine has the GPIB port. On the front, underneath the screen, mine has a
badge that say "O4 Vixen". My drives are vertically oriented. My serial
number is "FR000 001632 with the "FR000" being part of the label and the
"001632" being stamped on.
I would say it would be a reasonable assumption that you have an early
prototype. Your case must be sufficiently different as I can't see
how you could rotate the drives horizontally on this. What is the rest of
the serial number?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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