On 24 Jul 2001, at 23:51, Or Botton wrote:
>Just thought that many people in this list would find this
>article in their field of intrest:
>
>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/07/22/BU160803.DTL
>
>(An article about the use of the 1983 Tandy 100 laptops in these days)
Rightly so. The Model 100 community is probably the most active user
group for any Tandy/Radio Shack hardware, these days. As the article
says, they are greatly valued by journalists and scientists, because
they're so rugged and simple. This is a _real_ SurvPC. :-)
Word processing, spreadsheet, terminal program, etc. was all built in,
in ROM in the M100. Storage is 8-24KB of battery-powered RAM, and a
slot for inserting an additional ROM. Built in 300bps modem - plenty
fast for text transfers, 16 hours of battery life on AA batteries, and
a full-sized keyboard - couldn't ask for much more, at the time.
For folks in the United Kingdom, Cambrige made the "Z88", which was a
similar, slightly better version of the M100.
I've been looking for something similar to the Model 100 for a couple
of years, now. My 8088 laptop is nice, but doesn't quite fit the uses
I want - primarily in battery lifetime. Processor cycles I don't need
more of, it's battery life I'm looking for. My usage, to date, has
been primarily in places where there is no wall outlet handy.
I've been thinking that perhaps I could scratch-build such a beauty,
esp. with the easy availability of Flash memory... the power could be
turned off, further conserving battery power.
In the meantime, I'll have to live with the 8 hour battery life on my
Toshiba 1000.
Anthony J. Albert
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