To: expat1000
I imagine the first PCs, Apples and such, used many RS parts.
The TRS-80 Model 100 was a true landmark in computing. It was the first "notebook" computer that was portable and practical. This model was incredibly popular and used long after other computers of its time were thrown away. I think it only was made obsolete by the iPhone era. There are still clubs today where owners keep theirs working. This was the last machine that Bill Gates wrote code for, and he considers it one of his favorite computers of all time.
To: Vince Ferrer
The Model 100 was amazing. Long battery life, light weight, a decent keyboard, built in modem, and it was cheap. Yes, Bill Gates wrote the built-in BASIC, which was the first BASIC I learned.
84 posted on
09/15/2014 9:45:44 PM PDT by
TChad
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To: Vince Ferrer
Yeah, in the old days it was sweet. Not like my first computer, a "luggable" Osborne!
But I was referring to those first ones Jobs and the rest of them built in their garages.
100 posted on
09/15/2014 10:59:28 PM PDT by
expat1000
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