| 词条 | Osborne Vixen | |||||||||||||||||||
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|Name = Osborne Vixen |Photo =Osborne 'Vixen" Prototype.jpg |Type = portable computer |Developer = Adam Osborne |Released = 1984 |Discontinued = |Processor = Zilog Z80 @ 4.0MHZ |Memory = 64KB |OS = CP/M, CPM + |Baseprice = US$1,498 }} The Osborne Vixen was a "luggable" portable computer announced by the Osborne Computer Corporation in November 1984, as a follow up to their Osborne 1 and Osborne Executive system.[1] The Vixen had a 4 MHz Zilog Z80 microprocessor, with 64 KB dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). It had a 7-inch diagonal amber display that could show 24 lines by 80 columns of memory mapped video. It used two 400 KB disk drives, utilizing double-density double-sided 5.25" diskettes. As a luggable, it weighed about 18 pounds. Contemporary advertising pointed out that it could fit under the seat in an airplane, with dimensions of 12{{fraction|5|8}} by 16{{fraction|1|4}} by 6{{fraction|1|4}} inches (321 by 413 by 159 mm). When it was released, the Vixen had a retail price of $1298. Customers also had the option of purchasing a 10 megabyte hard disk for $1498. The Vixen used version 2.2 of the CP/M operating system. It was also bundled with a number of software packages: WordStar, the popular word processing package; SuperCalc, a spreadsheet; MBASIC, a programming language; Osboard, a graphics and drawing program; TurnKey, a system utility; MediaMaster, a data interchange program that allowed compatibility with over "200 other computers"; and Desolation, a game. The Vixen was also known as the Osborne 4. It was developed and released after the bankruptcy of the Osborne corporation. An earlier system also called "Vixen" was never released.[2] Due to technical problems with prototypes and the corporate bankruptcy, by the time the CP/M Vixen was introduced, it had already been made obsolete by MS-DOS IBM PC compatibles.[3] A last ditch effort to design and market a fully IBM PC compatible produced three prototypes, but too late to save the company from bankruptcy. Software
References1. ^Peggy Watt, [https://books.google.com/books?id=oy4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15&dq=osborne+vixen&cd=5#v=onepage&q=osborne%20vixen&f=false Osborne shows new computer] Info World magazine, November 12, 1984, retrieved from Google Books December 16, 2009 2. ^John Dvorak, Adam Osborne, Hypergrowth: the rise and fall of Osborne Computer Corporation ,Idthekkethan Pub. Co., 1984 {{ISBN|0-918347-00-9}}, page 70 3. ^Robert J. Thierauf, A problem-finding approach to effective corporate planning, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1987 {{ISBN|0-89930-262-9}}, pages 15–16 External links
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