18 May
2011
18 May
'11
5:45 a.m.
--- On Wed, 5/18/11, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote:
My criteria are:
* no larger than a Cambridge Z88.
* daylight readable screen.
* operates on batteries.
* preferably with some kind of programming
language/environment.
I'd welcome suggestions from members of the list as to what
I could take this year that would be fun to explore but also
practical enough to use day to day to write text for the
website. I will take a laptop for uploading text via wifi,
so some sort of PC connectivity is a must (although this
could be as simple as an RS232 cable).
I don't know how common they are over there, but the Tandy model 100 and 200 computers
would fit the bill. They're small, and run on AA batteries. The LCD's are pretty
decent (compared to others of the era), and they have built in BASIC as well as a simple
word processor and termianl program. They have RS232. They also have a nice well made
keyboard. The two machines are pretty much the same - but the 200 has a bigger screen and
looks more like a laptop, the 100 doesn't have a hinged lid, since the screen is
smaller and fits above the keyboard.
-Ian