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30 Years of the TRS-80 Model 100

Posted by timothy on from the still-in-grad-school dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this "interview with John R Hogerhuis, one of the key players in the still suprisingly active community for the TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer. As the Model 100 approaches its 30th birthday, John talks about what has kept the machine popular for so long, current software and hardware work that is keeping it relevant, and what modern developers could learn from spending some on a computer from 1983."

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  1. Re:Sad state of modern technology ... by spookthesunset · · Score: 1, Troll

    Isn't that how it should be? Who gives a shit if you know how to "use a computer"? They are fucking tools. No more. No less.

    If anything, it is amazing how little you need to know to do really cool shit. Like, anybody can start a website using nothing but off the shelf tools... isn't that amazing? We live in amazing times. That 4khz proc is bullshit compared to it. "know how to use computers"... pshaw...