Does Bill Gates know how to program?

From: Max Eskin <maxeskin_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sun Sep 20 15:13:41 1998

Hmmm...a BROTHER running GEOS, by any chance?
>
>> Doug Yowza wrote:
>> >
>> > On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
>> >
>> > > That is what has been reported. There used to be a link to an
>> > > interview with Gates on the subject, but a fresh look through my
>> > > various Model 100 bookmarks fails to turn it up, though I read it
>> > > not much over a year ago.
>> >
>> > http://innovate.si.edu/history/gates/gates35.htm
>> >
>> > -- Doug
>
>This machine is one of my favorites (Model 100), in fact I use it quite
>often..Very Cool the fact it runs on 4 AA batteries, and at that for
many
>hours..
>It has no need for storage, it holds it all in its own memory. I have
>several applications
>I use it for that I wrote in basic.
>That was an interesting article, to know that Bill Gates had a major
hand in
>
>writing the code for this machine.. The Radio Shack Model 100 is
defiantly a
>very cool
>machine..
>BTW: I was at Service Merchandise the other day and they had a similar
>machine running
>a GUI based software (Not Windows SE) , but it had the same concept as
the
>Model 100,
>but with a GUI, No floppy drive, just memory storage, and a serial plug
to
>Up load the data..
>It was not a pocket type, but a lap top size computer. Priced at
$299.00
>(Very Cheap)..
>Price was so inexpensive bacause of no Hard Drive or Floppy,
>No Color either but very good VGA type monochrome graphs and text..
>A great machine for simple applications like WP and spreadsheets
>--Phil
>
>

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