1 Feb
1999
1 Feb
'99
2:51 p.m.
Date sent: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 01:35:19 -0500 (EST)
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From: Doug <doug(a)blinkenlights.com>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Need help on old Tandy stuff -- Allison? Anyone else?
Originally to: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
One info nugget of interest is that Tandy didn't
make either the Pocket
Computer (Sharp) or the Model 100 (Kyocera). I'm not sure about the M200,
but I suspect it might have been made by Kyocera as well. Uncle Roger
knows more about all of the different Kyocera clones.
-- Doug
I kinda knew the Pocket was a Sharp -- a bank I worked for had similar units,
made by Sharp, that were pre-programmed and supplied by the insurance
agent who underwrote loan insurance. We used them to figure insurance
premiums on different loan payments, as well as figure loan payments
themselves.
I didn't know about the Kyocera connection, however. Interesting....
While this display case will be exhibiting a variety of portables, the other case
will be showing the origins of everything that people commonly think was
invented by BillyG. Kind of a tribute to Hi-Toro/Amiga, Apple, PARC, ARPAnet,
and NCSA, among others.
Thanks.
Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
nerdware(a)laidbak.com
www.laidbak.com/nerdware