Date   : Thu, 30 Jun 1983 09:30:50-PDT (Thu)
From   : harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!aplvax!richard@ucb-vax
Subject: Request for Osborne I info

       I have owned an Osborne I for about eight months, and have
reached that inevitable stage where I want to upgrade.
       Since my Osborne came with single density disk drives, they will
be my first target.  I have just ordered a double density upgrade kit
from a company called Osmosis in San Francisco.  The kit is supposed to
be idiot-proof, requiring only that I plug in a few connectors.
It sells for only $195, at least a hundred dollars below the lowest dealer
quote I received.
       Another possibility is a RAM disk emulator called DriveC (sold I think
by a small outfit of the same name) that uses the IEEE488 interface and slides
comfortably into one of the two diskette storage slots on the front of the
computer.
       Does anyone have any info to share about either of these companies or
products?
       I would also appreciate *any* info about:
               - interfacing external floppies or hard disks to the IEEE488
                 port.  How do I modify CPM to handle this?
               - any other interesting (and affordable) Osborne after-market
                 upgrades and/or accessories that you know about.

                                               Thanks!
                                               Rich Greenberg