Kline, David (July 1982). “Osborne—Behind Guerrilla Lines.”Microcomputing, pp. 42–50. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
... XMODEM was robust enough that, in 1982, a journalist was able to transmit news stories from Pakistan to the United States using an Osborne 1 and an acoustic coupler over poor-quality telephone lines.
Here is another legendary story about Osborne 1:
Kline, David (July 1982). “Osborne—Behind Guerrilla Lines.” Microcomputing, pp. 42–50. Retrieved 15 February 2016.