Osborne 1
E202917
The Osborne 1 was an early 1980s portable microcomputer notable for being one of the first commercially successful "luggable" computers, popular with business users and running CP/M-based software.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Osborne 1 canonical | 3 |
| Osborne Executive | 1 |
| Osborne Vixen | 1 |
| Osborne portable computers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1821650 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Osborne 1 Context triple: [CP/M, usedOn, Osborne 1]
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A.
Osborne
Osborne is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across history and contemporary culture.
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B.
Compaq Portable
The Compaq Portable was one of the first successful IBM PC–compatible portable computers, helping to establish Compaq as a major player in the personal computer market in the 1980s.
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C.
Apollo Computer
Apollo Computer was an American computer company best known for pioneering high-performance Domain workstation systems in the 1980s.
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D.
IBM 5160
IBM 5160 is IBM’s second-generation personal computer model, commonly known as the IBM PC XT, which introduced a built-in hard drive and expanded capabilities over the original IBM PC.
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E.
IBM 5151
The IBM 5151 is a monochrome CRT computer monitor introduced in the early 1980s for use with the original IBM Personal Computer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Osborne 1 Target entity description: The Osborne 1 was an early 1980s portable microcomputer notable for being one of the first commercially successful "luggable" computers, popular with business users and running CP/M-based software.
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A.
Osborne
Osborne is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across history and contemporary culture.
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B.
Compaq Portable
The Compaq Portable was one of the first successful IBM PC–compatible portable computers, helping to establish Compaq as a major player in the personal computer market in the 1980s.
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C.
Apollo Computer
Apollo Computer was an American computer company best known for pioneering high-performance Domain workstation systems in the 1980s.
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D.
IBM 5160
IBM 5160 is IBM’s second-generation personal computer model, commonly known as the IBM PC XT, which introduced a built-in hard drive and expanded capabilities over the original IBM PC.
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E.
IBM 5151
The IBM 5151 is a monochrome CRT computer monitor introduced in the early 1980s for use with the original IBM Personal Computer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
luggable computer
ⓘ
microcomputer ⓘ portable computer ⓘ |
| batteryIncluded | no ⓘ |
| busArchitecture | proprietary Z80 bus ⓘ |
| caseMaterial | molded plastic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cpu |
Zilog Z80
ⓘ
surface form:
Zilog Z80A
|
| cpuClockSpeed | 4.0 MHz ⓘ |
| discontinuedInYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| displayResolution | 52 characters × 24 lines (default text mode) ⓘ |
| displaySize | 5-inch ⓘ |
| displayType | monochrome CRT ⓘ |
| floppyDriveCapacity | 91 KB per disk side (approximate usable) ⓘ |
| formFactor | suitcase-style portable ⓘ |
| hasHandle | yes ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| keyboard | detachable full-stroke keyboard ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Kaypro computers
ⓘ
surface form:
Osborne Computer Corporation
|
| marketedAs | first affordable portable computer ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Adam Osborne ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aggressive bundled software value
ⓘ
being one of the first commercially successful portable microcomputers ⓘ popularizing the luggable computer form factor ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
CP/M
ⓘ
surface form:
CP/M 2.2
|
| originalPrice | US$1795 ⓘ |
| parallelPorts | Centronics-compatible printer port ⓘ |
| powerInput | AC mains ⓘ |
| powerSupply | internal ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
business computing
ⓘ
spreadsheet analysis ⓘ word processing ⓘ |
| ram | 64 KB ⓘ |
| releaseDate | April 1981 ⓘ |
| rom | 4 KB ⓘ |
| serialPorts | RS-232 ⓘ |
| softwareBundle |
CBASIC
ⓘ
Microsoft BASIC ⓘ
surface form:
MBASIC
SuperCalc ⓘ WordStar ⓘ dBASE ⓘ
surface form:
dBase II (in later bundles)
|
| storage | dual 5.25-inch floppy disk drives ⓘ |
| successor |
Osborne 1
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Osborne Executive
Osborne 1 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Osborne Vixen
|
| supportsExternalMonitor | yes ⓘ |
| supportsModem | yes ⓘ |
| videoOutput | external composite video (on some revisions) ⓘ |
| weight |
approximately 11.1 kilograms
ⓘ
approximately 24.5 pounds ⓘ |
| wordSize | 8-bit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Osborne 1 Description of subject: The Osborne 1 was an early 1980s portable microcomputer notable for being one of the first commercially successful "luggable" computers, popular with business users and running CP/M-based software.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Osborne portable computers
this entity surface form:
Osborne Executive
this entity surface form:
Osborne Vixen