The Retrobits Podcast
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Show 054: The Tandy Model 100 Portable Computer
36 minutes Posted Jul 30, 2006 at 12:38 am.
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Your retro computer runs on 4 AA batteries?  Cool!

Welcome to Show 054!  This week's Topic: The Tandy 100 Portable Computer!

Topics and links discussed in the podcast...

Here's a Bill Gates interview on the Smithsonian Institution website, very interesting reading!  The Model 100 BASIC and ROM are some of the last products that Bill Gates programmed himself...Wikipedia's page on the TRS-80 Model 100 line is a good place to start...Follow that up with the old-computer.com page for the Model 100...Then check out Club 100 - an oasis for your Model 100 needs!Want to stay "in the know" for the Model 100?  Club 100 has a listserv...Interesting in playing with a Model 100 emulator?  VirtualT might be just what you need!

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Thanks for listening!

- Earl