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From: jmc10392@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: a good deal?
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Date: 23 Jan 90 10:42:21 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!jmc10392    Jan 22 11:24:00 1990


Well there are a lot of varing opinions
out there I bet but I am one satisfied
customer.  Before buying a Tandy 102 
(or for that manner any computer) first
sit down and compile a list of needs
you have in a computer.  Rank these 
needs and desires and then go exploring.
I was looking for a small sized computer
which I could use to write most of the
types of papers which I am required to
write.  Also I wanted a computer which
could perform as a terminal for calling
the campus mainframe.  Finally I wanted
a computer which would continue to be
useful even after my needs for computer
power grow.  I wanted this in a package
less than $1000(US).  I found that
Tandy filled all these needs.  I have
32K of memory in which I can write a
15 page paper and with the addition of
a disk drive ($200) and WriteROM ($100)
I am able to write quite sofisticated
documents ranging up to a 100 page office
manual.  The computer is small enough
and has a long enough battery life (8hrs
per set of 4 AA batteries or 4hrs for rechargeables)
that I can take it to class and take
notes or to the library and do research.The main limitation of the computer is
its 8x40 screen which causes my note
to go on and on.  Don't believe that
the Tandy is perfect because it is not,
but it a useful computer which I will
continue to use even when I finally get
enough money to buy that 386.  If you
want to know more send a note to
mariano@uiuc.edu and I will gladly fill
your mailbox fuller than I filled this
notesfile!

Jeff Cortez
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
mariano@uiuc.edu