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.)
>
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Received on Sun Nov 09 1997 - 10:36:13 GMT