27 Jun
1997
27 Jun
'97
5:38 a.m.
I wrote a book last year on a TRS-80 model 100
portable. There's nothing
else in the 4-pound range that can compare to its excellent keyboard and
long battery life (except, of course, the other machines that share the
same design, such as the NEC PC-8201). Unfortunately, the publisher
required everything to be submitted in Word 6 format using a custom
template (to facilitate conversion to SGML, oddly enough), so I had to do
the final editing on a 486.
That thing (Mod 100) saved my ash more times than I'd like to mention in
school! Unfortunately, I lost 4 keys on the keyboard, so I can't use it
for much anymore (Keys were I K L and ?). I LOVED the look on the math
teacher's face when I walked in with it!
MT: What's that?
Me: A calculator.
MT: You're full of *, it's an organizer. ANd against the rules.
Me: Actually it's a computer.
(Shows off label)
MT: You little wise***!
:)