Hi Eric, I'm also new to the list. I found my Model 100 in my basement while my dad and I were cleaning it and joined the list in case I had technical issues. It belonged to my grandfather who bought it brand new shortly after it came out.
On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Eric Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > > I wanted to give a quick introduction. My name is Eric and I live in > California and I'm new to the list. I have owned my Model 102 for about > 2+ years now. I use it on a weekly basis for note taking. My daughter > (9) likes to use it to write her short stories. I used to transfer the > files to my Windows PC using a serial USB cable and TraskTalk, but I > rarely use that PC, so sought out something better and recently got the > TPDD emulator working on Android and it works brilliantly. I no longer > have to boot that old PC. > > I recently grabbed a REX from Josh Malone and it's opened up a new world > for me on the 102. It makes the 102 even more usable now. What an > upgrade! Finding the software led me to to this group. > > The first M100 system I ever saw was in my very first computer class in > 83-84. I was able to participate in setting up our districts very first > computer lab. It had TRS-80 Model 2s and 4s, a Coco, and an Apple II. > Those were for the kids to use, but the teacher had a Model 100 that > only he used for grades and notes, etc. However, he wasn't terribly > savvy with the computers yet so asked me to help him with a few things. > I had never used one of course, but loved tinkering with it. I began > looking for one a couple years back and found the 102, which I enjoy > using and is one of the few retro systems I use on a regular basis for > day to day work. > > I post lots of pics of my retro collection and of course, the 102 on my > Twitter feed @duhproject. > > Thanks! > >
