Twin Cities Osborne Group records
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains articles of Incorporation (1983), printouts from the TCOG Bulletin Board list serve discussions, and FOG correspondence and other materials.
Dates
- 1980-1989
Creator
- Twin Cities Osborne Group (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Access to materials:
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Copyright:
The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Historical Note
"The Twin Cities Osborne Group [was] organized to provide a forum for communicating ideas, resolving problems and increasing the effectiveness of users of microcomputers and their related software and peripherals; to educate the public concerning advantages and disadvantages of microcomputers; and to encourage the creation, modification, maintenance, duplication, and distribution of public domain software." ("Statement of Purpose," Twin Cities Osborne Group Newsletter, February 1983, p. 3)
Twin Cities Osborne Group (TCOG) began its newsletter in 1981 and its membership peaked at nearly 500 in 1984. Before 1991, TCOG and the KayPro Users of Minnesota began issuing the cooperative KAY-OS Newsletter.
TCOG was a member affiliate of First Osborne Group (FOG), which was the largest computer user group in the 1980s.
Extent
0.4 Cubic Feet
Abstract
Collection contains articles of Incorporation (1983), printouts from the TCOG Bulletin Board list serve discussions, and FOG correspondence and other materials.
Acquisition:
Donated by Shar Feldheim in 1988 and 1992, and Arthur D. Walsh in 1995, 1996 and 2004.
- KayPro Users of Minnesota.
- Kaypro computers. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Osborne computers. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Twin Cities Osborne Group Records, 1980-1989. Finding Aid.
- Author
- Prepared by Kevin Corbitt, December 1996; Karen Spilman, February 2006.
- Date
- February 2006
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Charles Babbage Institute Archives Collecting Area
Elmer L. Andersen Library
222 - 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis MN 55455
612-624-5050
cbi@umn.edu
