Tony Duell wrote:
>
> > >IIRC the M102 was a smaller machine that used standard 8K RAM chips
> > >rather than the 4-2K-RAM hybrids used on the M100. Apart from that it was
> > >very similar.
> >
> > Actually the machines are the same size. The PF keys are deeper on the
>
> I thought the M102 was thinner. I've actually never seen one, although I
> have a M100 which I'm still using... Wonderful machine for text entry.
>
> > 102 and it has a "System Expansion" port on the back. Other than that it
> > appears to be the same externally.
>
> The 'System Expansion' connector is the 8085 bus + a few extra lines.
> It's brought out to a 40 pin DIL socket on the bottom of the M100 under a
> flap. AFAIK the pinouts are 'equivalent' in the sense that a piece of IDC
> ribbon cable with the appropriate connector plugged into either machine
> will have the same signals.
The 102 was about 3/8" thinner than the 100 as I recall, and about a
pound lighter. I always thought they felt a bit flimsyas a result of
that. The 102 expansion bus was definitely an improvement over that
of the 100, especially if you were inclined to connect it to the disk
video system -- even with the ZIF socket, the end of that cable was
all too fragile.
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
Received on Thu Apr 02 1998 - 19:57:16 BST