Classic "Laptops"

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_odin.phy.bris.ac.uk>
Date: Mon Nov 10 04:17:27 1997

On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, Allison J Parent wrote:

> Sounds bogus. The small laptops using 8080 (actually 8085) were the tandy
> M-100s and there were also the Epson and NEC but none were before 1979.

Why does nobody ever remember the Olivetti M10?

This machine was a Tandy M100 clone - almost. The keyboard layout was
different (the one I have has one fewer key than the Tandy 100), the
display (40*8, of course) is hinged so you an slant it up to make it
easier to read. The CPU board has a totally different layout to the Tandy
M100, but it contains the same chips - and with the same references - if
IC3 is the 8085 in the M100, it's the 8085 in the M10 as well).

Oh, it also has a 40 pin header plug for the system bus (like a Tandy
102), but takes the 4-chip hybrids for RAM like the Tandy 100.

> Allison

-tony
Received on Mon Nov 10 1997 - 04:17:27 GMT