Subj : Re: My new* 486 (*=old)
To   : Bikerbob
From : calcmandan
Date : Tue Feb 21 2023 17:47:47

 Bi> WOW.. very cool on the model 200 - I was not aware, sounds like it is
 Bi> somewhat close to the Atari Portfolio. My oldest laptop is a Dell D600 or

Portfolio was a dos device and more like a palmtop if I recall correctly. The
100/102/200 line were laptop sized and a few years earlier than the portfolio
and was more-or-less an instant on device that loaded a launcher on powerup.
YOu could go into basic, text editor, address book, or terminal. I believe
there was a multiplan rom available too. The 200 came with multiplan.

This is regurgitated info you can get from elsewhere, but the line of product
was very popular with reporters and journalists. Until the 100 came out,
reporters in the field had to call their paper and have a stenographer copy
for editing. When the 100 came out, it had a built-in modem with terminal
software. They could write their story and upload it to their 'bbs.' I don't
know if those early system included messaging or not.

 Bi> a Ibook G4 - The first because it is native serial - for a number of
 Bi> reasons not the least of which is a modem - but also other communications
 Bi> issues with other retro hardware - and the IbookG4 because damm that
 Bi> thing was SLICK in its day. Great screen fantasic keyboard. I loved to
 Bi> WORK on that machine.. light.. battery would last forever. 

During college, I did a sales job at the Apple campus in my town and one of
my buddies had an ibook g4 that he was still using. I believe it was the
oldest piece of hardware among all the employees on campus. But it was
literally struggling to keep up with osx. I think he finally retired that
device around 2015 when it was more of a burden.

 Bi> I still have my my first machine Atari 400 - now with 48K B-Key keyboard,
 Bi> and S-Video output. I dont use it often, but it still fires up a few
 Bi> times a year.

My old 400 is in my childhood bedroom under the bed with a dead power brick.
I'm sure I fried it trying to make it work back in 1991. I should pull it out
and refurbish it at some point.

Daniel Traechin

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