31 Jan
2007
31 Jan
'07
6:38 p.m.
In article <m1HCPfY-000J0sC at p850ug1>,
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) writes:
I remember looking at one when it came out -- I had been using a
PDP-11/70 running RSTS/E over 300 (sometimes 1800) baud lines. The
terminals were either LA-36 or Beehive or Tektronix 4010 depending on
what was available at the moment.
We all went down to the Radio Shack to check out the Model I. The
case felt like *very* cheap plastic, even for RS standards. The
keyboard was clunky and while not as bad as the chiclet keyboard on
the PET, it still wasn't something I wanted to type on. The lack of
lower case was a major turn-off for me. The whole thing just felt
dorky.
Even now that the collecting bug has hit me, I don't miss this machine :)
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(...or
"artless" computers. TRS-80 model 1?)
You know, for all I have a soft spot for the Model 1 (it was my first
real computer), I am inclined to agree with you. There's nothing
interesting about the design, neither electroically or mechanically.
There's nothing particularly bad about it either (at least not compared
to one of its contemporaries), but it's just not interesting...