Re: [M100] Is this for real?

[Barry Rands]

Notice that the seller advertised the TDD as "mint" condition. When the
buyer finds out the drive belt has turned to goo, the seller can always say
"Oh, that's the chocolate coating on the mint that must have melted off
into the drive"

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 8:31 AM, Frederick Whitaker 
wrote:

> There are people out there that go by the rule "Buy low, Sell High." They
> know that there are fools out there that think the Tandy Portables are real
> "antiques" and might be a good financial investment. It is unfortunate that
> such people are out there.
>
> Fred Whitaker
>
> On 2/14/2018 6:20 AM, Chris Kmiec wrote:
>
> I don't have a problem paying good money for retro stuff that warrants it.
> I enjoy playing with the Tandy portables, one if the reasons being because
> they are so cheap to find. I don't have to worry about babying them too
> much.
>
> I could maybe see $300-400 for a sealed, NIB 102. MAYBE $500. $800 for a
> used one is just plain crazy - either two bidders that have way too much
> money, or eBay fraud.
>
> On Feb 13, 2018 10:04 PM, "Doug Jackson"  wrote:
>
>> Retro gear is just sometimes expensive.  $4k for an imsai 8080 isn't
>> unheard of.
>>
>> On 14 Feb. 2018 2:37 pm, "Chris Fezzler"  wrote:
>>
>> I found it fun to buy computers from when the industry was battling with
>> innovations and different form factors.  A lot of real innovative engineers
>> out there.
>>
>> On ‎Tuesday‎, ‎February‎ ‎13‎, ‎2018‎ ‎09‎:‎34‎:‎16‎ ‎PM‎ ‎EST, Kevin
>> Becker  wrote:
>>
>>
>> “Retro” computing stuff seems to be going up in price lately. Even things
>> that didn’t seem very retro to me. Look at the prices for old 486/pentium
>> machines.  There are some wild ideas about the value of a generic beige x86
>> tower.
>>
>> On Feb 13, 2018, at 9:22 PM, Chris Fezzler  wrote:
>>
>> Fake to drive up prices?
>>
>> On ‎Tuesday‎, ‎February‎ ‎13‎, ‎2018‎ ‎09‎:‎10‎:‎23‎ ‎PM‎ ‎EST, Kevin
>> Becker  wrote:
>>
>>
>> I was watching the TPDD2 and was disappointed when it went over $100
>> because one went for $60 or $70 a week ago.
>>
>> It makes no sense they went so high. It looks like to two different
>> buyers too.
>>
>> On Feb 13, 2018, at 9:05 PM, Chris Kmiec  wrote:
>>
>> Check these two auctions that just ended...
>>
>> Tandy-Portable-Disk-Drive-2
>> 
>>
>> and
>>
>> Tandy-102
>> 
>>
>> How, why, WHAT??
>>
>>
>>
>


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Re: [M100] List of wanna haves

[Josef Chessor]

On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 2:43 PM, Mike Stein  wrote:

>
> There are several ways to run DOS on a modern machine; DOSBOX (for
> example) is one, and another approach is a DOS bootable USB stick.
>
>
I second DOSBox.  I use it not only for games and fun, but for running
ancient software to talk to an old Nicolet oscilloscope (and formerly an
old Tektronix) that I have, as well as old Fluke gear.  It doesn't have
parallel port support (RIP my Andromeda Labs EPROM machine), sadly. But the
serial code is top notch if you want to use an old DOS-based utility to
talk to something over serial.  Like a Model 100...

Josef

Re: [M100] List of wanna haves

[Mike Stein]

>...I miss DOS, and command line Linux, but I no longer have machines that give 
>me access to DOS
...

There are several ways to run DOS on a modern machine; DOSBOX (for example) is 
one, and another approach is a DOS bootable USB stick.

m

- Original Message - 
From: "Frederick Whitaker" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [M100] List of wanna haves


>I remember the club members wanting to expand the Model 100's so that it 
> can work more efficiently, and provide externals that assist in doing 
> that. The DVI made it a little like a desktop computer. The external 
> Disk Drives made it possible to store files on disks so that they could 
> be accessed later.
> 
> In recent years the REX, NADSBOX, Quattro, and other things have appeared.
> 
> What fascinates me about the projects that are being suggested today is 
> that they are way beyond the innate capacity of the Model "T". Why are 
> we not writing programs for the Model "T" anymore? Why are we trying to 
> mimic the contemporary Desk Top Computer? Why are we not writing 
> assembly programs for it?
> 
> I get the idea that many of the club members see it as a novelty, rather 
> than a genuine computer. It was the first of its kind. For many years it 
> was used to write newspaper articles and send them over the phone lines 
> to the publisher. It was used for controlling devices; like entry gates, 
> lights, and other things. Until recently it was used for controlling 
> traffic lights in Greenville, South Carolina. It is a genuine computer.
> 
> Are we not interested in writing programs for it anymore? Do we only 
> take it out to write an article, or take notes? Is it no longer 
> interesting in itself?
> 
> I miss DOS, and command line Linux, but I no longer have machines that 
> give me access to DOS, and with all the programs already available for 
> Linux I am no longer motivated to work at the command level.
> 
> It is noteworthy that there is still interest in the Model "T", but more 
> work could be accomplished if each of us stuck with one project at a 
> time. I miss Dave?
> 
> Fred Whitaker
> 
> 
> On 2/14/2018 2:20 PM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote:
>> Can we lower the temperature a bit?
>>
>> We're all long time members of Club100. No need to get adversarial 
>> over tech questions / ideas.
>>
>> -- John.

[M100] Sardine (Rex) spellchecker

[Darryl Pruett]

I found it,,
Darryl Pruett

[M100] Sardine (Rex) spellchecker

[Darryl Pruett]

Is the a link or source?  A opertors manual (user manual)  would be greatly
appreciated .  Darryl Pruett