From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   "DaveG"  wrote in message   
   news:w8huf.18933$iz3.7692@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...   
   >I was in a local shop the other day and was slightly taken aback to see a   
   > TRS-80 model 102 portable on the counter.   
   >   
   > After double checking that my eyes hadn't deceived me I asked the shop   
   > assistant what that old computer was doing there. (it was a general sort   
   > of shop selling candles etc, the sort of nick nacks for around the house   
   > with a pet food section too).   
   >   
   > She said they use it to place their orders.  Yes folks, a real live model   
   > 102 still in practical everyday use ;-)   
   >   
   > She even fired it up for me to prove it worked.  Her comment when I told   
   > her it was in the region of 20 years old was along the lines of the boss   
   > being tight fisted LOL   
   >   
   > The keycap above ENTER, top right, was missing and it certainly looks   
   > like it has seen a lot of years on continuous use ;-)   
      
   I knew a guy who ran his whole (small) video rental business on one. He used   
   the bar code scanner for check out/check in. I believe a high percentage of   
   these computers are still working to this day. They are even being shipped   
   to Africa to run off solar chargers where there is no power.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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