Adam Osborne

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.