(To see Tom Osborne’s first-hand account of this story and of the story of the HP 35 pocket calculator, click here.) Old Line Calculation By the 1960s, mechanical calculators (high-end …

Thomas William Osborne (born February 23, 1937) is an American former football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and politician from Nebraska. He served as head football coach …

Nov 10, 2024 · Hewlett-Packard's 9100A, the world's first personal computer, was based on a prototype built by Tom Osborne of Cody. Called “The Green Machine,” it became fully …

Nov 16, 2015 · Thomas Osborne was not the only farmboy who went to college at the urging of Currens. In fact, the old preacher viewed helping bright, motivated boys escape the farm as …

Tom was born on February 23, 1937 in Hastings, Nebraska. He is still alive. He was an outstanding high school athlete in Hastings in the mid-1950's and then became the star …

Nov 11, 2004 · Tom Osborne wrote up his recollections concerning his original calculator design (the Green Machine) and the HP 9100 and HP 35 calculator projects in a letter he sent to …

Jan 17, 1995 · Osborne had never brought the Cornhuskers to grief, neither had he ever raised them to the heights they reached with back- to-back national championships in 1971 and '72 …

Nov 26, 2022 · I don't think Matt Rhule, or anyone, has been forced to bow to the alter of Tom. Matt Rhule played at Penn State from 1994-1997 and grew up in State College. I imagine …

Dec 10, 2015 · On Dec. 11, 1997, in a Daily Nebraskan article tiled “Osborne announces retirement,” senior reporter David Wilson writes, “emotionally and teary-eyed, Nebraska Coach …

Oct 1, 2024 · Tom Osborne, the legendary football coach and former U.S. Congressman, is a name that resonates with sports fans and political enthusiasts alike. Renowned for his tenure …