9 Nov
1997
9 Nov
'97
12:37 a.m.
At 06:47 AM 11/9/97 +0000, you wrote:
I've recently heard of someone who told me about an
8080 laptop from
someone who has been into computers longer than I have. He said that
there was a laptop... in the 1970's, that was smaller than the origional
Compaq. It was soupossed to only have a little RAM, and it was used by
journalists, who would connect with a modem an upload the files. Is
this true? If so, what on earth ever happened to these? (Does this
sound like something else... H/PC come to mind?
That would be the Radio Shack Model 100. 8085 processor, 8K-32K RAM, simple
text editor, basic, and comm pgm built in. See:
<http://www.m100.com/> Andy Diller's site
<http://www.the-dock.com/club100.html> Club 100
<http://home.northernway.net/~zmerch/signupform.html> Model 100 Mailing List
<http://acme.nug.net:80/~tmne/> Tri-Mike Network East
I love 'em myself. I'm working on an alphapaging program so I can use one
as a dedicated paging station. There are, btw, *still* a lot of journalists
who use them, especially in areas where reliability is important. (They
have no moving parts.)
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9 Nov
9 Nov
10:36 a.m.
OK. By the way, speaking of "sub-laptops", does anyone know what kind of models
might be good for me? I just pretty much want to be able to take notes; etc.
Windows CE is cheap enough for me, but they're keyboards aren't for REAL people.
Possibly an Apple Newton? Or are there any classics that have a keyboard large
enough to type on(not two-finger typing.) ? Where can I get one of these Radio
Shack 100's?
Uncle Roger wrote:
At 06:47 AM 11/9/97 +0000, you wrote:
I've recently heard of someone who told me
about an 8080 laptop from
someone who has been into computers longer than I have. He said that
there was a laptop... in the 1970's, that was smaller than the origional
Compaq. It was soupossed to only have a little RAM, and it was used by
journalists, who would connect with a modem an upload the files. Is
this true? If so, what on earth ever happened to these? (Does this
sound like something else... H/PC come to mind?
That would be the Radio Shack Model 100. 8085 processor, 8K-32K RAM, simple
text editor, basic, and comm pgm built in. See:
<http://www.m100.com/> Andy Diller's site
<http://www.the-dock.com/club100.html> Club 100
<http://home.northernway.net/~zmerch/signupform.html> Model 100 Mailing List
<http://acme.nug.net:80/~tmne/> Tri-Mike Network East
I love 'em myself. I'm working on an alphapaging program so I can use one
as a dedicated paging station. There are, btw, *still* a lot of journalists
who use them, especially in areas where reliability is important. (They
have no moving parts.)
--------------------------------------------------------------------- O-
Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
sinasohn(a)ricochet.net that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/ 
8:21 a.m.
HOTZE wrote:
OK. By the way, speaking of "sub-laptops", does anyone know what kind of
models
might be good for me? I just pretty much want to be able to take notes; etc.
Windows CE is cheap enough for me, but they're keyboards aren't for REAL people.
Possibly an Apple Newton? Or are there any classics that have a keyboard large
enough to type on(not two-finger typing.) ? Where can I get one of these Radio
Shack 100's?
One of the best features of the Model 100 is its keyboard, in fact the
designers sacrificed screen size to allow the keys to be full size and a
good feel. That's another thing that made them so polular with reporters.
As to where to get them, we're back to garage sales, swap meets and
second-hand shops. The SO would kill me if I let one go myself.
--
Ward Griffiths
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails
of the last priest." [Denis Diderot, "Dithyrambe sur la fete de rois"]
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