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Tandys Never Die

Posted by michael on from the they-just-get-dimmer-and-dimmer dept.

kevcol writes: "Great article on the SF Chronicle's website on a school bus driver in Contra Costa County California who heads a Tandy model 100 computer user group. The model 100 was the portable version of the beloved TRS-80 (jokingly known as the 'Trash 80') which was the first computer I ever laid fingers on in high school back in the day..."

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  1. Bullshit by Monte · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    The model 100 was the portable version of the beloved TRS-80

    No. It wasn't.

    It was a very useful "laptop" for it's time, but it was a TRS-80 like an IBM AT was a Macintosh.

    Do some research fer crissake.

    1. Re:Bullshit by cybrpnk · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      Now THIS is a great analogy. I'll bet you did pretty well on the SAT...