Need help on old Tandy stuff -- Allison? Anyone else?

From: Paul Braun <nerdware_at_laidbak.com>
Date: Mon Feb 1 22:51:05 1999

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From: Doug <doug_at_blinkenlights.com>
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Subject: Re: Need help on old Tandy stuff -- Allison? Anyone else?
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> One info nugget of interest is that Tandy didn't make either the Pocket
> Computer (Sharp) or the Model 100 (Kyocera). I'm not sure about the M200,
> but I suspect it might have been made by Kyocera as well. Uncle Roger
> knows more about all of the different Kyocera clones.
>
> -- Doug

I kinda knew the Pocket was a Sharp -- a bank I worked for had similar units,
made by Sharp, that were pre-programmed and supplied by the insurance
agent who underwrote loan insurance. We used them to figure insurance
premiums on different loan payments, as well as figure loan payments
themselves.

I didn't know about the Kyocera connection, however. Interesting....

While this display case will be exhibiting a variety of portables, the other case
will be showing the origins of everything that people commonly think was
invented by BillyG. Kind of a tribute to Hi-Toro/Amiga, Apple, PARC, ARPAnet,
and NCSA, among others.

Thanks.




Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
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