I believe the expression "Model T" was coined by Rick Hanson of Club 100 fame
(also a car nut), and it's both a reference to "Tandy" and the fact that the
Ford Model T was the first affordable and commercially successful automobile.
I.e., the Model 100 is the Model T of laptop computers.
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 2:59 PM Joshua O'Keefe
wrote:
> On Dec 30, 2020, at 2:49 PM, Scott McDonnell
> wrote:
>
> I’ve heard the term “MEWS” used several times. What does that stand for
> and why is the M100 called a Model T?
>
>
> I’m new around here compared to most, but I think I have this
On Dec 30, 2020, at 2:49 PM, Scott McDonnell wrote:
> I’ve heard the term “MEWS” used several times. What does that stand for and
> why is the M100 called a Model T?
I’m new around here compared to most, but I think I have this right:
MEWS is the Micro Executive Workstation, a marketing name
No worries at all.
From: Joshua O'Keefe
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 5:44 PM
To: m...@bitchin100.com
Subject: Re: [M100] Replacement rubber feet / Peg Leggs
On Dec 30, 2020, at 2:34 PM, Scott McDonnell wrote:
Nobody is ‘sane’. We are all crazy.
This right here is something I agree with
CoCo kid. Always drooled over the M100 ads and at Radio Shack, but couldn't
afford one until they were for sale on ebay. The MEWS was priced for business
use.
I’ve heard the term “MEWS” used several times. What does that stand for and why
is the M100 called a Model T?
Scott
On Dec 30, 2020, at 2:34 PM, Scott McDonnell wrote:
> Nobody is ‘sane’. We are all crazy.
This right here is something I agree with enthusiastically.
Speaking of which, I hope I didn’t come off disagreeably. I was hoping to
offer a counterpoint to the notion that the M100 is awkward for
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 1:52 PM Scott McDonnell
wrote:
> Well, hopefully my impression didn’t upset anybody. That was not the
> intention. I am sure I will get used to it.
>
>
>
Not really. Just a case of the vapours. I'll recover.
> As I think I had mentioned before, I was a Commodore kid in
That part was just meant to be humor. Sorry if it didn’t come across that way.
Nobody is ‘sane’. We are all crazy.
Scott
From: C. Magaret
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 5:32 PM
To: m...@bitchin100.com
Subject: Re: [M100] Replacement rubber feet / Peg Leggs
Hi Scott, I'm sorry if I came
Ken, thanks for reminding us where that was!
I was trying to find it on your site yesterday. I had a bunch of emails
from 2015, but I lost track of this.
Ken, I'll contact you off list... I have a couple of questions regarding
use.
thanks
Steve
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 2:15 PM Ken Pettit wrote:
Hi Scott, I'm sorry if I came across as reactionary, but I for one wasn't
offended. It's certainly not my place to judge how people participate in this
hobby, I just found it amusing when you described that "most sane people these
days" would be using the PC for development work for the M100,
Well, hopefully my impression didn’t upset anybody. That was not the intention.
I am sure I will get used to it.
As I think I had mentioned before, I was a Commodore kid in the 80s and had
never touched or seen an M100 in person. So, I was always used to CRTs or
backlit color LCDs. This is
I can vouch that the original peg legs tilted the M100 at a much greater angle
than the built-in angle of the NEC.
I know my sanity has been hotly debated (at least by my family), but I guess
this makes it official: I must be bonkers, because I enjoy programming
directly on this thing.
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 12:21 PM Scott McDonnell
wrote:
> Aluminum laptop stand arrived today. It fits between the rear feet just
> right. The bottom feet rest right on the aluminum frame. The rubber grips
> on the stand keep the M100 from moving. It puts the keyboard at a
> comfortable typing
Yes, I am aware of the contrast adjustment and agree that it has a wide range
of adjustment. The keyboard itself is fine. Getting it at a comfortable angel
makes typing comfortable.
It’s more about the LCD being inset, I think. I have to put a lamp directly
above the LCD to be able to see the
On Dec 30, 2020, at 12:21 PM, Scott McDonnell
wrote:
> I can’t imagine myself ever typing a program out on this thing! You can
> either get the viewing angle just right or the typing angle just right, but
> so far I have been unable to achieve both. The original purpose of this thing
> was
Aluminum laptop stand arrived today. It fits between the rear feet just right.
The bottom feet rest right on the aluminum frame. The rubber grips on the stand
keep the M100 from moving. It puts the keyboard at a comfortable typing angle.
Well, as comfortable as an M100 can get anyway. A little
Also, I developed a fast graphics library called AsciiPixels. It is
callable from BASIC and allows you to define images using BASIC
strings. Then it uses the accompanying .CO with calls to plot the
defined graphic "sprites" at specific X,Y locations. I had posted a
preliminary copy in my
I believe it is in the member library section of Club 100.
On Wed, 2020-12-30 at 13:21 +, dano none wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a copy of this software they are willing to share?
>
> Off and On, for a couple of months, I've been looking for a copy on
> Ebay.
> I've not seen one come up,
Does anyone have a copy of this software they are willing to share?
Off and On, for a couple of months, I've been looking for a copy on Ebay.
I've not seen one come up, and it seems to be the only game for the 100, that
Radio Shack ever sold.
Thanks,
Dan
I make use of direct-LCD driver programming in my Solitaire port to
M100. It's a Basic program that has a partnered .CO program which
displays the cards. You can find it here:
http://club100.org/memfiles/index.php?=0==Philip%20Avery
Bear in mind this is a mostly Basic program, but when the
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