I bought one of those because I thought it was a curious artifact, which was an x86 machine that did not run DOS.
It was a pain to get working, and I can imagine that the battery made it an impossible sell when for a few hundred dollars more you could buy a DOS laptop that was much more functional. An intellectual curiosity but a dead end. I sold mine to John Hogerhuis. On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 11:00 AM Fugu ME100 <[email protected]> wrote: > I have one at the moment. I would have to agree wth the comments it is big > and heavy – it has a huge NiCad built in. The 600 is a curious machine, a > 'missing link' from the Model T to the MS-DOS machines. I do not use it > all, it needs to sit on a desk it is so heavy unlike my favorite 102 which > can be used anywhere. > > When the seller shipped mine they did not pack it too well and with the > heavy internal battery the upper case was pretty much smashed to pieces > when the NiCad battery broke free in transit. The plastic is brittle and > it does break very easily. So make sure the seller packs it really well if > you decide to go ahead. Getting it working was quite a challenge as it > needed the case rebuilding and parts replaced due to age and the shipping > disaster. > > The Model 600 WiKi is a good resource to start to repairs. > > From: M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Stephen > Adolph <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 6:23 AM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [M100] ebay seller > > I had 2 at one point. I liked the challenge of getting it working but in > the end I didn't have a use relative to the M100. I felt similarly about > the DVI. Had 2 but got passed them along eventually. > A bit too big, bulky, heavy etc. > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 9:19 AM Tom Dison <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There is a model 600 for sale at a good price on eBay, but I'm kind of >> hesitant. It seems to be quite the oddball model in the series. Does anyone >> have experience with it? >> >> <snip. >> > >
