19 Sep
1998
19 Sep
'98
7:25 p.m.
Doug Yowza wrote:
>
> On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
>
> > That is what has been reported. There used to be a link to an
> > interview with Gates on the subject, but a fresh look through my
> > various Model 100 bookmarks fails to turn it up, though I read it
> > not much over a year ago.
>
> http://innovate.si.edu/history/gates/gates35.htm
>
> -- Doug
This machine is one of my favorites (Model 100), in fact I use it quite
often..Very Cool the fact it runs on 4 AA batteries, and at that for many
hours..
It has no need for storage, it holds it all in its own memory. I have
several applications
I use it for that I wrote in basic.
That was an interesting article, to know that Bill Gates had a major hand in
writing the code for this machine.. The Radio Shack Model 100 is defiantly a
very cool
machine..
BTW: I was at Service Merchandise the other day and they had a similar
machine running
a GUI based software (Not Windows SE) , but it had the same concept as the
Model 100,
but with a GUI, No floppy drive, just memory storage, and a serial plug to
Up load the data..
It was not a pocket type, but a lap top size computer. Priced at $299.00
(Very Cheap)..
Price was so inexpensive bacause of no Hard Drive or Floppy,
No Color either but very good VGA type monochrome graphs and text..
A great machine for simple applications like WP and spreadsheets
--Phil