Model 100 Follow-up

From: John Honniball <coredump_at_gifford.co.uk>
Date: Wed May 8 14:41:32 2002

Raymond Moyers wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 May 2002 07:20, you wrote:
> > The cost was only $20 but I could have gotten it lower ($2.50) had it
> > not been for another guy who thought it was a windows laptop and he bid
> > it up. He later told me he was sorry for his mistake and that he was not
> > just trying to run up the price on me.

Well, as it happens, I acquired a TRS-80 Model 100 just last week
(for free, in return for fixing a dead switch-mode power supply).
It has a very fine leather-effect case as well as Scripsit word
processing software on cassette.

> It seems their simplicity, low battery drain and ruggeness has
> made them standard gear, and they havent found anything
> that is an as-good replacement for them.

Most people I've showed it to comment on how good the keyboard
is compared to a modern laptop. If it had had batteries in, no doubt
they'd have commented on how very poor the display is compared
to a modern laptop!

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John Honniball
coredump_at_gifford.co.uk
Received on Wed May 08 2002 - 14:41:32 BST

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