18 May
2011
18 May
'11
6:06 a.m.
On 5/18/11 8:45 AM, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
There's also the NEC PC-8201 and PC-8300. These were all built by
Kyocera. Olivetti also sold at least one machine built on that design,
but I don't know the model number(s).
These are all larger than a Z88, though. I think the "no larger than
a Z88" requirement will make this pretty much impossible. The Z88 is
pretty tiny.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
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.