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From: silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: a good deal?
Summary: M100 can run Xmodem
Keywords: Tandy, Radio Shack, Xmodem, TELCOM
Message-ID: <1990Jan23.132535.20260@cs.dal.ca>
Date: 23 Jan 90 13:25:35 GMT
References: <1368@gara.une.oz.au> <4873@ur-cc.UUCP>
Sender: silvert@cs.dal.ca.UUCP (Bill Silvert)
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Organization: Habitat Ecology Div., Bedford Inst. of Oceanography
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In article <4873@ur-cc.UUCP> ttak@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Timothy Takahashi)
writes: (in connection with the Tandy 102)
>CON : Built in Modem only 300 baud
>      Telcom is rudimentary - no Kermit/XMODEM
>      Software not too plentiful

I have run a PD program on the Model 100 which supports Xmodem file
transfers, and it may run on the 102 also (it does NOT run on the 200).
There are sources of m100 software in the US, but I haven't pursued them
so I can't say too much about their current status.

I have both a 100 and a 200 which make convenient notebook computers for
text entry.  I often take one to a meeting, write down material, and
then use TELCOM to transfer to my Unix system. They don't offer the
power of an MS-DOS laptop, but they are small, light, and good at what
they do.  They also run for an extremely long time on 4 AA cells!

You can buy a disk drive for the Tandy's, but don't expect to run it
very long on battery power -- I always plug mine in.

-- 
Bill Silvert, Habitat Ecology Division.
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada B2Y 4A2
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