Adam Osborne
Updated: 09/15/2017 by Computer Hope
Name: Adam Osborne
Born: March 6, 1939, in Kodaikanal, India
Death: March 18, 2003 (Age: 64)
Computer-related contributions
- An Indian-born British-American author, book publisher, software publisher, and creator of the first commercially available portable computer, the Osborne 1, (April 1981). It weighed 24.5 pounds, cost US$179, and ran the CP/M 2.2 operating system.