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From: silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Model 100 issues
Summary: Model 200
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.032757.8521@cs.dal.ca>
Date: 27 Feb 91 03:27:57 GMT
References: <12796@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <91057.112513PZ2@psuvm.psu.edu> <1991Feb26.205640.27318@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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Organization: Habitat Ecology Div., Bedford Inst. of Oceanography
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In article <1991Feb26.205640.27318@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> cortez@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jeff Cortez) writes:
>PZ2@psuvm.psu.edu (David L. Phillips) writes:
>
>>In article <12796@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, fiori@ziggy.Quantum.Leap.COM (Wayne Fiori)
>>says:
>>>Even better, is Radio Shack
>>>still carrying these?
>Yeah I think the current list price is $499.  If you can find it used I
>would suggest you grab it up.  A normal used price would be around $100.
>Before you buy it I would seriously suggest though that you define
>in your mind exactly what you want to do with it.  It is nifty computer
>for those who are on the go and who need to write notes, memos, even
>papers, but it is not the computer for you if you have in mind spreadsheets,
>high-speed communications, or games.  It only has 32k and it runs at 
>about 2MHz and it is completely incompatible with DOS machines.

It should be noted that there are several ROMs that plug into the Model
100 that handle spreadsheets (notably Lucid), and although the builtin
modem only runs at 300 baud, the software supports rates up to 19200
baud (I think -- I've only run at 9600).  There is also the Model 200,
almost the same size but with a clamshell case that gives you 16 lines
instead of the 8 on the 100 or 102.  It comes with a spreadsheet in ROM.


-- 
William Silvert, Habitat Ecology Division, Bedford Inst. of Oceanography
P. O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CANADA B2Y 4A2.  Tel. (902)426-1577
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