[net.micro] Osborne Executive Info Wanted

jb@terak.UUCP (John Blalock) (11/12/84)

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The Osborne Executive (OS-2) has recently been available in this area for 
$800 to $1000 without waranty.  Seems Osborne had a "fire sale" to deplete
inventory/raise cash in order to get out of Chapter 11.  Seems like a pretty
good deal - 4MHz Z80A, 128K RAM, 2 SSDD 200K drives, CP/M Plus, WordStar,
Mailmerge, Supercalc, MBasic, CBasic, Personal Pearl, etc.

The technical manuals seem to be available - $125 !

Question:  Is this really a good deal?  What experiences have you had with
           the Osborne Executive?  Am particularly interested in reliability,
           bugs, support problems, etc.

I'll post a summary of responses if interest is there...

Thanks in advance,

John Blalock, W7AAY

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