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Announcement of the Osborne 1

Adam Osborne unveils the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable computer, to a captivated audience of tech enthusiasts, journalists, and industry figures at the West Coast Computer Faire.

Year 1981
Date 4/1
Location Brooks Hall, California, United States
Layer 2
Visibility PUBLIC
tax:economy-trade-and-labor

Key Figures

Adam Osborne Tech Journalist Industry Executive Excited Enthusiast
Time Travel

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Apple introduces Siri
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Release of the MOS Technology 6502 Microprocessor
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Apple iPad (3rd generation) Launch Event
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Microsoft Surface Launch Event
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Release of GPT-3 Paper
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Apple iPhone 5 Launch Event
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Release of "Attention Is All You Need" (Transformer) paper
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2015 World Internet Conference
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1952 · same figure
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1986 · same era
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1986 · precedes
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Second ACM Computer Chess Championship
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Establishment of the Rogers Commission
1986 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same era
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same era
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Space Shuttle Discovery First Flight (STS-41-D)
1984 · same era
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STS-26 Discovery Return to Flight
1988 · same era
Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster
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1986 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L Launch
1986 · same era
STS-26 Return to Flight
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1988 · same era
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same era
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 Launch
1981 · same era
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Space Shuttle Columbia launch
1981 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same era
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STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · same era
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STS-26 Landing at Edwards Air Force Base
1988 · same era
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 (Return to Flight)
1988 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L Disaster
1986 · same era
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STS-2 Columbia Mission
1981 · same era
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Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1)
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