From: richchas@comcast.net   
      
   Mike Y wrote:   
   >   
   > "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.   
   >   
   ISTM that the practical thing to do would be to modify the M100 and   
   add a flash memory card. A 128 meg flash memory card would be sufficient   
   to contain most anything you want to write...considering that the   
   King James Holy Bible (old and new testaments combined) are less than   
   5 meg in plain ascii.   
      
      
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