LGR Tech Tales - Osborne's Rapid Rise & Fall

LGR

That's awesome, glad you're enjoying despite the initial lack of interest :)

Sabrina

You know, I actually have littl interest in computers, much less the old ones, but I like the format of your educative videos. I get to slowly familiarize with the subject while being entertained. So... Thanks!

Kristina Smith

More please!

RetroSwim

My piece of post-glory-days Osborne history: <a href="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7055/6860884205_c3c2ebdaf2_o.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7055/6860884205_c3c2ebdaf2_o.jpg</a> -- Sadly the yellowing has set in pretty bad, but I have since gotten rid of that grubby DVD drive! :P

Awesome!!!

Kristen (Coconut81)

Love it. Commodore please. It would also be nice to see the TRS or Sinclair Timex as well. Big Old computer fan here. Own and use an Apple IIe, C64, Atari MegaST2

Think your on to a winner here Clint :P. Keep em coming!

Radek Fager

Great new thing you have there. There are many topics out there for this new segment. Still the best video for me that you made is when you compared the gravis ultrasound sound card to the sound blaster. That is my all time nr 1 LGR video. I still can't understand how the could loose to creative when they had the most real sound compared to the bad SB card. My first PC was with a 486 sx25mhz and a gravis card. I remember my father saying that he sown the extra cash on the sound card just to make it special. Tell the tale for the people and bring back the forgotten sound of true freedom :)

StigDesign1

nice i hope on more like this :D with the detail`s etc

Nice and Games

The shorter length makes it feel like it could be a segment in an episode of Computer Chronicles. Scanning the comments, I see I'm not the first one to mention that show. :)

Krundis Flartlissgunff

This was serious quality, loved it! More of these 'smaller guys' who were the big guys in the past on this show plz, it's fascinating!

Bad Sector

Great idea, there is a ton of material for this out there :-). As noted by others, i'd also like this to be a bit longer :-).

LGR

Thank you! Yeah, several are saying they'd like these to be longer, but I'm really trying to go for more a of bite-sized approach. But we'll see how the future goes!

I almost bought an Osborne computer! However, I did not have the money at the time so I stayed with my Commodore Pet that came with 8k of memory which I had expanded to the max of 32k. I also had s pair of 5.5 inch disk drives and a printer for it as well. No, it was not portable and the the system was in a metal box and weighted over 20 pounds.

Nice and Games

Great video and great idea for a new series, you won't lack for material to discuss! The length was good, it must be hard to edit down to a ~4 minute video, but it makes for a nice concise tale of...tech.

jbnbeeb

I enjoyed it - I reckon if you were inclined you could do longer and more detailed episodes in this series and people would enjoy that. Don't know how feasible that is with time and budget constraints. Perhaps multiple episodes on same topic? Atari and Commodore tales would be epic!

Pow3rh0use

It's very professionally made. Plus, you have a great voice for narration. The tone is a bit different from your videos, but it's a good mix to keep things fresh. There are a plethora of topics to talk about, so this series could be going on for a while. I have a few suggestions for topics, but that'll go on forever lol. Either way, great video.

Zach

I'd watch more Tech Tales videos.

Therek

Good stuff! I thought the length was just right; it's like a quick fix of computing history.

d

LGR Tech Tales! I love it!

Rob Caporetto

Loved it. As a few other commenters said, it's nice to hear about something outside of the normal giants of the industry - so hearing about those lesser known firms would be great.

Mikkel Szklany

Reminds me a bit of how much i miss All Your History are Belong To Us. I know it's not really the same, but always nice with a bit of tech history.

Chris Cook

I agree on this front, 10-15 mins would be great. Appreciate they are meant to be short stories, but with so much content to unpack in this series, and the fact (I'm assuming here) with an existing audience that would happily watch videos of that length, I think that would be the sweet spot. That said, I'd happily watch you for hours. Maybe after you've done a few at this length, try some longer ones? Regardless, love the idea.

Alyxx the Rat

This is awesome!

Maximilien Noal

What a nice surprise. I love it. :) Could you do 3DFX's story ? ('cause I wave my fist at nVidia every morning) Or Cyrix (it was cheaper than a Pentium CPU in the late nineties) ? Or... Commodore (the poor Amiga did eventually have FPS games instead of platformers, even if it wasn't Doom, but it was too little too late :-( ) ? ;-)

Patrick Strater

Great! do it up MOAR!! --- Make them a bit longer if possible tho.. but otherwise good!

Amy Mason

My favorites of all your shows are the ones where you talk about history, whether it's old game reviews, old machine reviews, oddware, or now tech tales. Please make more...

Amy Mason

Thrilled to know I am not the only one who does that.

Marnix

It would depend on the subject I suppose, but maybe just a little bit longer, about 7 minutes? Makes it just about right for a bedtime story ;) Otherwise this series seems to fit perfectly on your channel every once a month or so. Keep it up!

Mikael Lindgren

Great stuff! I hope to see more videos like this!

Headset Guy

I second the motion.

Great idea! Now we need one on Commodore, that is a story for the ages!

LGR

I know that today they're owned by Mikrolog: <a href="http://www3.mikrolog.fi/Tuotteet/Osborne" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www3.mikrolog.fi/Tuotteet/Osborne</a> But as for back then? From what I gather, a holding company in Sydney, Australia bought the rights to the name and started a new Osborne Computer Corporation. They eventually went bankrupt themselves, and were bought out by Gateway in 1995: <a href="http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gateway+2000%27s+acquisition+of+Australia%27s+Osborne+Computer...-a017119225" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gateway+2000%27s+acquisition+of+Australia%27s+Osborne+Computer...-a017119225</a>

RetroSwim

Do you know who snapped up the Osborne brand name in 85? My 486 rig is currently in an "Osborne 386SX" case, which now seems like it was only ever Osborne in name...

LGR

My goal is to stick to about 3 to 4 minutes. After all, these are just short stories, not in-depth analyses :)

Amber Coleman

I liked this but I think it could have been longer and more detailed. Maybe not on this topic but in future episodes.

Runefox

Ahh, yeah, this is a series I'll also enjoy. From what I've read (mostly accounts of Apple employees of the time working on the Macintosh), Osborne himself was a bit of a douche when it came to his crippling hubris regarding his computers and the competition. It's really too bad that Osborne went under the way it did, because despite being an also-ran, also-rans of the early computing days were potential major players who could have changed the face of everything we know today had things turned out differently.

ReeseRiverson

This is pretty awesome, I like it! :)

Kris Asick

*nods* Yeah... I can see more videos like these being fun for sure, though the lack of snark may make some of your fans a bit weary. I'd say don't go overboard with these, maybe just one every month or two, but definitely make more! :)

_nderscore

This is even better than watching old Computer Chronicles episodes

GenreChowderStudios

Really great video. I've always liked history overview-type shows, and this one looks more than promising. I look forward to future episodes if you decide to do them.

Brandie Drown

I also really liked this show! You are very smart and informative. I like to learn about this stuff..its interesting to me!

Kevin Furr

More? Put it this way. You COULD NOT DO TOO MANY OF THESE.

Clayton Poitevin Júnior

Loved it. Please make more of it!

Lindsay Michelle

I like this show! Not too short or too long, and quite different from all your other shows. And knowing you, you're going to cover a bunch of obscure tech history, which is awesome instead of hearing the same stories over and over. Keep up the good work! :)

Jason Potter

moar

Nostalgia Nerd

I like. Reminds me of the sx64. My only quip is that I wanted it to be longer! I guess I only have osborne to blame that it's not. Damn him and his failed marketing strategies.

Michael Lamartina

All you ever hear is stories about Apple and Microsoft and their internal drama. This series looks to be a breath of fresh air, I'm hooked.

Keith McCaffety

I like it.

LGR

Yup, I got it fixed up and working many years ago, talked about it in the comments section of that video! Well, "working" as well as these still do after over three decades in use.

Spence

I remember you had a video where you got boxes of CPM software and Osborne stuff. That's still one of my favorites, I love old retro computer related videos. Ever fix that second disk drive?