Has anyone heard of an Osborne One computer?

If so, do you have one?

If so, does it have an OZROM chip?

If so, so you have the disk for it?

I assume nobody got beyond the 2nd question but you never know...
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Re: Osborne One
By: nelgin to All on Tue Sep 17 2024 03:59 am

Has anyone heard of an Osborne One computer?

yes

If so, do you have one?

no

If so, does it have an OZROM chip?

what?

If so, so you have the disk for it?

nope. sorry

I assume nobody got beyond the 2nd question but you never know...

What's an ozrom chip ?
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"Amessyroom" (80:774/21) <Amessyroom@f21.n774.z80.fidonet> wrote:

Re: Osborne One
By: nelgin to All on Tue Sep 17 2024 03:59 am

Has anyone heard of an Osborne One computer?

yes

If so, do you have one?

no

If so, does it have an OZROM chip?

what?

If so, so you have the disk for it?

nope. sorry

I assume nobody got beyond the 2nd question but you never
know...

What's an ozrom chip ?

It's a third party rom to replace the factory rom that has additional
features. Unfortunately it needs a floppy disk with utilities to make
full use of it. It seems like I'm the only person in the world that has
an ozrom that was in the Osborne 1 I purchased but there were no disks.
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Re: Osborne One
By: Amessyroom to nelgin on Thu Sep 26 2024 20:30:01

What's an ozrom chip ?

It's an additional daughterboard and ROM for the Osborne One that provides extra functions like a memory test but for some of it to be useful there's a disk that goes with it. It seems I'm the hero of the community since I seem to be the only person with that ROM. Unfortunately the system it came with did not have the disk that goes with it.
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Re: Osborne One
By: nelgin to Amessyroom on Thu Apr 10 2025 17:02:56

What's an ozrom chip ?

Oh, I answered this already, just didn't scroll down enough :)
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On Fri 4-Oct-2024 1:19a, Nelgin@80:774/10.0 wrote:

It's a third party rom to replace the factory rom that has additional features. Unfortunately it needs a floppy disk with utilities to make
full use of it. It seems like I'm the only person in the world that has
an ozrom that was in the Osborne 1 I purchased but there were no disks.
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I never had an OSBORNE or had the opportunity to use one, but I have SEEN one.. I never knew how anyone could use that thing with that small of screen (Of course my eyesight is worse than a bat!)

I did some digging for you on the webs, and you are right... Everyone is saying the OZROM setup utility is unobtainium.. I guess Osborne users were not as facstidious as other retro computer users.... I can not believe someone out there does not have a copy in their collection as computer nerds are just as bad as ham radio operators when it comes to throwing anythingo out! We have learned over time that regardless of how long something sits on a shelf, in a box, etc. Once you throw something out you will need it the following day!

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