No, you're on teh right track.
The model 100 is a very simple machine. but the fans of it love that
simplicity. It has no disk drives, only RAM and ROM.
Built in 300 baud modem, comm program, BASIC, etc.
You can see a picture of a model 100 here:
http://chrys.addr.com/tandy/
The big things it's owners love are:
Instant on. turn the switch, you are there. No booting up.
one of the best daggone keyboards EVER on a portable. Lots of
journalists have used these for years.
this machine uses AA batteries. normal ones, and gets 20 hours out of
four of them!
It is not a clamshell design, so the LCD screen is smaller than most
laptops.
The model 200 is just like the 100 except a little lighter ans
smaller, and more memory, etc.
These machines are built like fisher price toys. indestrucable.
You can drop them, and they are fine. I carry mine in my backpack
with all my clunky textbooks, with no kind of protective cover,
bouncing around all day. doesn't even hurt it.
Anyhow, the above web page has links to page with all sorts of info.
Everyone says this was the first notebook computer.
It was Pre-DOS. has it's own little OS in ROM, which Bill GAtes said
in an interview was the last MS project he did a significant amount
of the coding himself on. (don't look down on this machine because
of that though).
-Chrys
From: Ole Juul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> OK, I can't keep my mouth shut anymore. I'm confused about
> this talk of Tandy-100 machines. There's something funny
> going on with these model numbers. I have a Tandy-200 and
> it is an extremely primitive little clamshell machine with
> no mechanical drives, and no way to add them. I guess the
> model numbers don't go in order of complexity.
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