On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
> There were 2 other important differences IMHO. Firstly the M100 keyboard
> was a lot easier to type on than the HX20 keyboard. I would not want to
> type much on the latter.
Really? The HX-20 keyboard was almost the same as the M100's. It has a
full layout, with normal sized keys. Are you sure you aren't thinking of
something other than the HX-20?
> Also, the M100 had a text editor built in. Sure it was simple. But it
> worked. The HX20 had BASIC and a machine code monitor only. The hacker in
> me wants the machine code monitor. But the user in me wants to be able to
> enter text. And most people are just users.
Well, you could get the SkyWriter ROM (one of mine has one installed).
> Yes, you could get text editor ROMs for the HX20. But you couldn't buy an
> HX20 and start using it to enter text in the field. That, IMHO, is why
> the M100 was more successful.
True dat.
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