From: joe@user.com   
      
   "Jim Leonard"  wrote in message   
   news:1146604698.516668.245320@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...   
   > relatedsite wrote:   
   > > You got a great deal! I rarely see them for under 15-20 bucks at   
   hamfests   
   > > and computer swap meets. Just bought a super nice M100 with PDD floppy   
   drive   
   > > and case  / manuals / cables for $25 at a hamfest. They've actually come   
   > > down in price over the last 10 to 15 years. Back then you were lucky to   
   find   
   > > one for under $100.   
   >   
   > I hope this doesn't seem like a troll, but the Model 100/102/200 always   
   > seemed like a majorly cool thing to get until I read about the RAM   
   > limitations.  32K of RAM isn't enough to do basic word processing, so   
   > what were these things used for in the field?  I type more than 32K at   
   > a single sitting so I can't imagine myself using one for any serious   
   > writing, yet I heard journalists used them...?  Can anyone shed some   
   > light on the subject?   
   >   
      
   First off, you seem to be totally missing the point of the Model 100.  It   
   was   
   placed in a market of  the Model 100 vs ...  Well, nothing.  The Model 100   
   was a VERY basic took that was really designed to give you a VERY   
   minimal storage capacity and to 'offload' it on a periodic basis.  Remember,   
   32K was the cats own rectum at that time.   
      
   The other thing is (ok, maybe on the downside) but the 32K was TOTAL.   
   That means usage and storage space.  Not memory to work in.  The Model   
   100 didn't have to 'save' a file, it did 'live edit'.  Again, it was the   
   product   
   of it's times.   
      
   Looking back from today, it's hard for someone who didn't really how we   
   got here to understand the practicality of things in those days.   
      
   Mike   
      
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