Reprinted form the Dead,Gone and Obsolite Computer WebSite:
The Osborne Encore is not the successor of the famous Osborne 1.
Few times after launching the successor of the Osborne 1, the
Osborne Executive, Osborne Corp. had serious financial problems
and stopped all its activities. The founder of the company, Adam
Osborne created then a research company and the result of his
work is the Osborne Encore. It is a MSDOS computer. The Encore
has a built-in modem (I don't know its speed). The keyboard has
four 'icon' keys which call small program located in ROM : the
"phone" key calls the communication software, the "clock" key
calls a calendar, the "disk" key boots the system and the
"calculator" key calls the little calculator. The screen can
display only 16 lines, so only few MSDOS softwares can be used
(the lower 9 lines are invisible). When it was conceived, the
Encore had a 25 lines LCD screen, but when it was launched, it
had a 16 lines screen (?).
My Machine:
The Zenith Z170 has a composite jack that supports 24lines by 80 column, and
built in modem. Whats interesting about this computer is that it has build in
several things like a calendar, Memo pad, World map, and Calculator.. All this is
built in ROM, and runs before the machine is even booted..
> Here,s the site again if anyone wants to visit...
>
> http://www.insset.u-picardie.fr/museum/english/pages_museum/encore.htm
>
> Phil...
Received on Wed Sep 16 1998 - 09:57:31 BST