Category:Osborne
| Osborne Computers |
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| Repair, Maintenance, and Restoration Guides for Classic Osborne Hardware |
| The Osborne Computers section is under development. Schematics and documentation may still be missing. If you have expertise or documentation, please contribute! |
Welcome to the Osborne Computers category! It collects repair guides and hosted documentation for Osborne's portable CP/M computers: the Osborne 1, the Executive and the Vixen.
Each model has:
- a maintenance guide
- a troubleshooting guide
- a capacitor replacement guide
Osborne portable computers
[edit | edit source]Tools and resources
[edit | edit source]- Recommended Tools – tools for disassembly and soldering.
- Capacitor Failure Symptoms – recognising and testing ageing electrolytic capacitors.
- CRT Discharge Procedure – all three models have a built-in CRT.
Service manuals and schematics
[edit | edit source]All hosted Osborne documents are in Osborne Documentation.
- Osborne 1: Osborne 1 Technical Manual, Osborne 1 Schematics (1A2011-00 Rev E), Osborne 1 Users Reference Guide 1981, Osborne 1 Double Density Option Installation Procedure, Osborne 1 SCREEN-PAC Option Installation Procedure
- Osborne 1 and Executive: Osborne Field Service Manual (Revision 2.0), Osborne 1 / Executive Diagnostic Procedures Jan84
- Osborne Executive: Osborne Executive OCC2 Schematic, Osborne Executive Error Message Listing Feb84, Osborne Executive Reference Guide 1983, Osborne Executive Guide Volume 0 Beginners Guide 1983, Osborne Executive Guide Volume 2 Working With Text and Spreadsheets 1983, Osborne Executive Guide Volume 4 Operating Systems 1983
- Osborne Vixen: Osborne Vixen Engineering Drawings Mar83, Osborne Vixen Schematics, Osborne 4 Theory of Operation Manual, Osborne Vixen Brochure
See also
[edit | edit source]Subcategories
This category has only the following subcategory.
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- Osborne Documentation (17 P, 17 F)
Pages in category "Osborne"
The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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- Osborne 1
- Osborne 1 Capacitor Replacement Guide
- Osborne 1 General Maintenance
- Osborne 1 Troubleshooting Guide
- Osborne Executive
- Osborne Executive Capacitor Replacement Guide
- Osborne Executive Maintenance Guide
- Osborne Executive Troubleshooting Guide
- Osborne Vixen
- Osborne Vixen Capacitor Replacement Guide
- Osborne Vixen Maintenance Guide
- Osborne Vixen Troubleshooting Guide
Media in category "Osborne"
The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total.
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Osborne 1 (photo).jpg 1,280 × 1,024; 130 KB
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Osborne exec keyboard ditached.jpg 413 × 296; 29 KB
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Osborne-Executive-Motherboard.jpg 5,110 × 2,333; 1.07 MB
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Osborne-vixen-back.jpg 610 × 275; 33 KB
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Osborne-vixen.jpg 600 × 359; 54 KB
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Osborne1 LogicBoard.jpg 1,920 × 948; 569 KB
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Osborneexecutive-crt.jpg 800 × 569; 30 KB
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Osbourne-executive.jpg 560 × 420; 26 KB
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Vixen CPU top.jpg 3,473 × 3,374; 915 KB
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Vixen IO top.jpg 2,242 × 1,109; 273 KB