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Michael P. Hamilton | 1 Dec 02:21
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Tandy 200

I see a very nice specimen on ebay right now. Unfortunately, the seller is 
using paypal. I've noticed this seems to be a bery common practice these 
days, and I've noticed that those that do also invariablly end up with 
less money than those that use money orders, which begs the question:
What is wrong with all these people? What a plastic society we live in. I 
guess my personal pet peeve is someone elses ticket to "instant" cash or 
something. For those of you that use such instruments, this looks like one 
of the best samples I've seen in quite a while. Enjoy!

73 de Mike
kc8lcy@...
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
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Stephen Adolph | 1 Dec 02:36
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Re: Tandy 200

yah, looks like a nice retro system, but it has no NADSbox, so....
wonder how much memory it has.
PS if anyone out there needs T200 RAM let me know, I have about a
hundred or so PCBs waiting to get used IE I can make T200 ram modules
quick and easy.

..Steve

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Michael P. Hamilton
<kc8lcy@...> wrote:
> I see a very nice specimen on ebay right now. Unfortunately, the seller is
> using paypal. I've noticed this seems to be a bery common practice these
> days, and I've noticed that those that do also invariablly end up with less
> money than those that use money orders, which begs the question:
> What is wrong with all these people? What a plastic society we live in. I
> guess my personal pet peeve is someone elses ticket to "instant" cash or
> something. For those of you that use such instruments, this looks like one
> of the best samples I've seen in quite a while. Enjoy!
>
> 73 de Mike
> kc8lcy@...
> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
>
>
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Lee Kelley | 1 Dec 04:00

Re: Information, please

If the disk you refer to are actually for the T2000 here is a link to one
that is for sail.
I found it on e-bay.
Just wanting to provide options.

Lee
IHS

http://cgi.ebay.com/TRS-80-2000-26-5103-256K-Memory-Works_W0QQitemZ200270572331QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4193QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713.m153.l1262

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Lee Kelley <Lee@...> wrote:

> I think the 80 track version is probably the disk for the Tandy 2000 which
> could read and write 320 k disk but not 1.2 megs. The standard for the T2K
> was a 720 K disk that was a 5.25' odd child.
> I don't know when I could get to it or if the equipment still works but I
> have several T2K and I think that that is what would be needed to read the
> disks.
>
> The "Electronics Discount Store" (not EDS) in Arlington Texas has one of
> these on their museum shelf along with M100's and the like. I don't know if
> anyone there knows how to get it up and going to be able to check out the
> disks though.
> The T2K is what was pictured with the M200 on the front of it's users
> guides.
> One of these was my first walk down the MS-DOS computer side walk.
> They had up to 768 K of ram and two of the 720 K 5.25' disk drives and even
> a whopping 10 Meg Hard disk, along with a very non standard EGA graphics
> system.
> I have one that has MS-Windows 1.4 on it but like I said before I don't
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Michael P. Hamilton | 1 Dec 05:01
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COOL GOODIES!

Hey gang! I know this Asus Eee PC isn't one of our beloved Model T's, but 
I gotta' wonder if any of these mods can be applied similarly to them. 
Check out how this guy hacked his Asus and salivate! Gives one all kinds 
of ideas on what can be done to our old-timers. I realise we may not have 
the on-board resources to utilise all of these toys, but one or two should 
be well within our grasp. If nothing else, it gives one a host of ideas on 
where and how to put extra goodies. I may even try some of these out on my 
Omnibooks or Poqets as well. Enjoy!

73 de Mike
kc8lcy@...
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
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john | 1 Dec 05:05
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Re: COOL GOODIES!

Is the link missing? Or what am I missing in order to see the hacks you
refer to?

John

> Hey gang! I know this Asus Eee PC isn't one of our beloved Model T's, but
> I gotta' wonder if any of these mods can be applied similarly to them.
> Check out how this guy hacked his Asus and salivate! Gives one all kinds
> of ideas on what can be done to our old-timers. I realise we may not have
> the on-board resources to utilise all of these toys, but one or two should
> be well within our grasp. If nothing else, it gives one a host of ideas on
> where and how to put extra goodies. I may even try some of these out on my
> Omnibooks or Poqets as well. Enjoy!
>
> 73 de Mike
> kc8lcy@...
> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
>
>
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Jonathan Rose | 1 Dec 06:06
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Re: COOL GOODIES!

I don't have an EEE pc, but I do have the Acer Aspire One. Fantastic laptop. You can get it in either XP or Linux
flavors. The Linux one powers up in less than ten seconds. Excellent keyboard too. The battery life is
the only killer, at about three hours. It's tony too, about the size of a large paperback. There's a new
battery coming out that gives 8hrs use time, and the whole computer is flash based so no moving parts. 
 
All in all, it's a great little unit. Not quite as utilitarian and elegantly simple as a Model 100, but as
close as I've seen in a modern PC. It makes a nice portable 'net browser and word processor, and it plays
games well to boot

--- On Sun, 11/30/08, john@... <john@...> wrote:

From: john@... <john@...>
Subject: Re: COOL GOODIES!
To: m100@...
Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 8:05 PM

Is the link missing? Or what am I missing in order to see the hacks you
refer to?

John

> Hey gang! I know this Asus Eee PC isn't one of our beloved Model
T's, but
> I gotta' wonder if any of these mods can be applied similarly to them.
> Check out how this guy hacked his Asus and salivate! Gives one all kinds
> of ideas on what can be done to our old-timers. I realise we may not have
> the on-board resources to utilise all of these toys, but one or two should
> be well within our grasp. If nothing else, it gives one a host of ideas on
> where and how to put extra goodies. I may even try some of these out on my
> Omnibooks or Poqets as well. Enjoy!
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J Bickhard | 2 Dec 00:59
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Ohhh.... Dear....

Hello All,

Well, do I have a funny story for you....

I bought a Model 100 off of Ebay, and it didn't work. I bought a new NiCD for it, and that didn't solve anything,
so I forgot about it and bought a new one (the new one costed %200 the price of the first). I just took the old
one completely apart, disconnected everything with the thought of cleaning it up and selling the
keyboard. I put it together and plugged it in just because I felt like it. BOOM. I now have two working Tandy
TRS-80 Model 100's! *sigh* all of that and it was just probably a dirty LCD plug.

Oh Well,
Jake

P.S. Everyone is telling me to reference the Tech Docs for info on programming for the BCR interface. They
seen to forget that I am only thirteen, and really have no idea what to do with those schematics (schimatics?).

P.P.S. -=Today's Random Ranting!=- I really wish that people would stop calling the wonderful steed that
is the TRS-80 the 'trash 80'. I am extremely offended by this (but a lot of things offend me), and sincerely
wish people would stop.

P.P.P.S. -=Awesome Ebay EyeCandy=- Oh. Wow. If only.....  
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=250333319206
used to be $80. $$$$$$$$

P.P.P.P.S 
>On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:22:47, Rick Hanson wrote:
>> Yeah ... so cool. NADSBox is now a platform for future developments, 
>> as in "Oh yeah, you want one of them think-a-ma-bobs, No 
>> problem. Just NADS it." Yep, it's NADSBoxable, or NADSable, or has 
>> NADSBoxability, and we're all just NADSBoxites ... say that ten times
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John R. Hogerhuis | 2 Dec 01:12
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Re: Ohhh.... Dear....

Hi Jake,

J Bickhard wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Well, do I have a funny story for you....
> 
> I bought a Model 100 off of Ebay, and it didn't work. I bought a new NiCD for it, and that didn't solve
anything, so I forgot about it and bought a new one (the new one costed %200 the price of the first). I just
took the old one completely apart, disconnected everything with the thought of cleaning it up and selling
the keyboard. I put it together and plugged it in just because I felt like it. BOOM. I now have two working
Tandy TRS-80 Model 100's! *sigh* all of that and it was just probably a dirty LCD plug.
> 
> Oh Well,
> Jake
> 
> P.S. Everyone is telling me to reference the Tech Docs for info on programming for the BCR interface. They
seen to forget that I am only thirteen, and really have no idea what to do with those schematics (schimatics?).
> 

Being 13 is no excuse :-) I started my hobby around the same age. You 
couldn't have picked a better machine to cut your teeth on. There is 
plenty of low level info around, unlike newer machines.

Word from the wise... I've found that the only type of knowledge that 
"sticks" is when I earn it myself the hard way. Read first, experiment a 
lot, and if really stuck, ask. Otherwise, it's kind of like asking 
someone else to do your homework for you.

All that said, you shouldn't need to worry about the schematics too much
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Jan Vanden Bossche | 2 Dec 23:08
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RE: Ohhh.... Dear....


Hallo,

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Well, do I have a funny story for you....
> 
> I bought a [..]  I now 
> have two working Tandy TRS-80 Model 100's! *sigh* 
> all of that and it was just probably a dirty LCD plug.

Be carefull what you wish for, you might get it. [BEG] You're not
complaining, are you?

> P.S. Everyone is telling me to reference the Tech Docs for 
> info on programming for the BCR interface. They seen to 
> forget that I am only thirteen, and really have no idea what 
> to do with those schematics (schimatics?).

So? You are thirteen? That's about the same (emotional) age of most of the
people on this list when they're working with their model T! Talking about a
lame excuse ;-) You don't need those schematics, unless you go hardware
hackin'.

Driving by on his bike:"Look mam, no hands" 
Coming into the house 10' later:"Look mam, no teeth"
(in Dutch, it's a rime)

> P.P.S. -=Today's Random Ranting!=- I really wish that people 
> would stop calling the wonderful steed that is the TRS-80 the
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Jonathan Rose | 2 Dec 23:59
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RE: Ohhh.... Dear....

Yeah, most of us ner.. erm, technologically inclined types started out early. I'm not as much of a hardware
as software guy. Taught myself basic and assembly on an old Atari 800 computer at your age. Fun times.
 
And I agree, the Model 100 is a great thing to learn on. Very fun, and very useful. I'd like to learn the nuts and
bolts myself. I've done some assembly programming on the 6502 (Atari 800/VCS mainly), but I've never
learned how the 'nuts and bolts' work. Maybe I'll start learning too. I should be plenty motivated with the
NADSbox enroute!
 
And Jan, I resent the fact that you seem to think that the members of this list act like thirteen years old.
I'll have you know I act AT LEAST 14 most days. j/k
 
Good luck with the tinkering. Fair warning though, once you start down the geeky path, forever will it
dominate your destiny! Next thing you know, you're a thirty something posting on a list devoted to a laptop
that predates color screens, Starbucks, and the internet. :-)

--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Jan Vanden Bossche <jan80@...> wrote:

From: Jan Vanden Bossche <jan80@...>
Subject: RE: Ohhh.... Dear....
To: m100@...
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 2:08 PM

Hallo,

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Well, do I have a funny story for you....
> 
> I bought a [..]  I now 
> have two working Tandy TRS-80 Model 100's! *sigh*
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