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From: cortez@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jeff Cortez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Model 100 issues
Message-ID: <1991Feb26.205640.27318@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 26 Feb 91 20:56:40 GMT
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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?
>>
>Last I saw, they were carrying the Model 102, which is the same thing only
>smaller.  Price was in the $400-$500 range, but they have sales from time to
>time.

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.

If have any specific questions about what it can or can't do write me and
I will try to help.

Jeff Cortez
tandy@uiuc.edu
Maintainer of the Tandy 100 Archives