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Dinosaur Sightings: Tandy Model 100: The Tandy 100 was the MacBook Air of the 80's. Come take a look at the first truly portable computer. by John Sheesley; Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Sheesley, Classics Rock, Vintage Computers, Tandy; Image galleries 2008-07-25
(Photos: Vintage Computer Festival): Exidy SorcererI still have an Exidy Sorcerer which I first cut my computing teeth on in 1979 long before the Sinclair Z80 came on the market. It was a z80 machine that had a massive memory for that time of 48K and runs with plug in modules for basic loading...; Tags: Keyboards, PRODUCTIVITY, jed.gart@..., Vintage Computer Festival, Atari Inc., Tandy, computer, photograph; Discussion threads 2007-11-09
A quarter century of living with the PC: Over the weekend, August 12th precisely, PCcomputing turned 25 years old. On that date back in 1981, IBM shipped the firstIBM PC. Microcomputers had already been around for several years, but the IBMPC legitimatized computers in the workplace. Apple, Radio Shack, and otherswere starting to make small inroads into business...; Tags: disk, floppy disk, IBM Corp., PC, Unix; Blog posts 2006-08-14
My first computer: A Tandy 1000: Last week, Jason Hiners blog mentioned that his firstcomputer was aMac Classic. He also created adiscussion that asked other TechRepublic members what their first computerswere.My first computer was actually a TI 99/4a. This was acomputer that my parents bought when I was still in high school. It was a nicelittle...; Tags: computer, first computer, IBM Corp., PC, Tandy, Tandy 1000; Blog posts 2006-05-22
Tandy 1000 SL: Tandy 1000 SLMy first computer was a Tandy 1000 SL, I bought it from my cousin who upgarded to a newer PC. I did some word processing and played around with installing and re-installing programs.THe main thing i did with it was play a game called Police Quest I, that...; Tags: first computer, Tandy, Tandy 1000, Tandy 1000 SL, game, ibm, pc, apple, mac, staff, Jason Hiner, hardware, computer; Discussion threads 2006-05-19

Dinosaur sightings: Share your favorite photos of old-school computer hardware: Dinosaur sightings: Share your favorite photos of old-school computer hardwarearticle rootTell us the story of your first computerMy first real computer was a Tandy 1000. It came with an Intel 8088 processor, 640K RAM, two 5.25" floppies, and a color monitor. I later upgraded to a 20 MB hard drive....; Tags: bill detwiler, Bill Detwiler - TechRepublic, computer, computer hardware, computer history, first computer, floppy disk, hardware, off topic, photograph, Tandy; Discussion threads 2005-08-19
Read the latest from the TechProGuild Note: The TechProGuild Note contains the latest information aboutwhats happening in TechProGuild, including pointers to new articles,downloads, and featured TechBooks. It also gives a quick glimpse into the mindof senior editor John Sheesley. Here are some of the highlights from theTechProGuild Note. If youre not already a TechProGuild Note subscriber, youcan...; Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Servers, Microsoft Windows, TechProGuild Note, Kerry; Technical articles 2004-11-01
Cracking Open the Tandy Model 100: The Tandy Model 100 was the MacBook Air of its day when it was introduced back in 1983. Unlike the luggables that passed for portable computers at the time, the Model 100 was the first laptop computer with any real power. When we cracked open the...; Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Apple MacBook, Computer, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Sheesley, classics rock, tandy, cracking open, product photos; Image galleries 2008-08-18

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Cracking open the Tandy Model 100: The Tandy Model 100 was the first laptop computer to gain popularity when it was introduced in 1983. But what does 25 year old portable technology look like? See what's inside of the Tandy Model 100. by John Sheesley; Tags: Board, Apple MacBook, Computer, System Board, Corporate Governance, Productivity, Notebooks, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Sheesley; Blog posts 2008-08-15
The MacBook Air of the 80s: The Tandy Model 100: Debuting in 1983, the Tandy Model 100 was the first truly portable computer. It heralded the era of the notebook computer and was even more shocking than the MacBook Air. Here's a look back. by John Sheesley; Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Computer, Radio Shack, Productivity, Notebooks, Engineering, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Sheesley; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Clearly Superior (?): Bill Bixby was the spokesman for Radio Shack's Tandy computer line in the early 80's. This ad was for the Tandy 1000 computer, which was actually the first computer I bought. I suppose the subtle idea to the commercial was that you should buy a Tandy computer or it...; Tags: Monitor, Computer, Radio Shack, Productivity, John Sheesley; Blog posts 2008-03-10
Is Vista helping boost PC sales?: if you are new to computing first startersI remember those days when there were homecomputers like the Tandy Color Computer, Dragon a Tandy CC clone, Commodore, Sony, etc. etc. an excitement was then in the air, what this was all about... nowadays computers are common among youngsters, so this...; Tags: Games, amj2006, PC, sales, game, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2007-05-24
What to do with old CPUs: My first computer was a TRS-80 Tandy Radio Shack in 1985. Currently, I even have an old 286 Compaq "portable" hardly a laptop paperweight that still works well that I used in college in the 90s. The AC adapter, alone, weights about two pounds!A; Tags: donating, cpus, recycling, Goodwill Industries, gln265@..., CPU, old CPU, off-topic, old, hardware, donation, computer; Discussion threads 2006-10-15
Vintage Computer Festival: The rare, historic, and bizarre: I missed it!!I felt super bad about missing this event, but it was on the other side of the country, and didn't have the means to travel there. But WOW!! I would have given ANYTHING to have gone!! I know it sounds ultra geeky, but that would...; Tags: Notebooks, yooper@...; Discussion threads 2007-11-18
The things I go through for you people: The other day, I mentioned the F-19 Photo Gallery I put together for the site showing just how much of a disconnect there seemed to be between the memory of old PC games and Reality. What I didn't expect was how much of a challenge it was to put the...; Tags: John Sheesley; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Happy 20th Bday Windows!: Yesterday (November 20) was the 20th birthday of everyone's favoriteoperating system - Windows. Windows 1.0 shipped November 20,1985. Looking back at Windows 1.0 now is something of a joke. The oldgraphical DOS Shell that came with DOS 6.0 was more graphical thanWindows 1.0. You could run a few...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Windows 1.0; Blog posts 2005-11-21
(Photos: Dinosaur Sightings - SPARCstation Collection): Where's the SPARCstation 10...?IMPRESSIVE Collection indeed, but I was disapponted that you had no SPARCstation 10. Knowing what a Geek I am, my wife bought a complete system for me on eBay (SPARCstation 10 with SM31 processor and 64 MB RAM, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse and Solaris 7). I later inherited...; Tags: SPARCstation 10, solaris 7, solaris 8, amiga 1000, sun, ppeirce@..., it management, Sun Solaris, operating system, photograph, MB RAM; Discussion threads 2006-07-29
Dynalogic Hyperion (Dinosaur Sightings: Computers from 1980-1983): Model 100 memoriesI think I got my Tandy model 100 in the early 90's, and the Radioshack store people must have thought: "Thank God, a real sucker." But it really did serve my needs: never crashed, easy to type on, instant on--a sort of pre-pda machine. I do miss that...; Tags: COMPUTERS, Dinosaur Sightings, memories, model100, radioshack, pjmoy, hardware, Hyperion Solutions Corp., easy-to, computer; Discussion threads 2006-06-11
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for April 15, 2008: If you uncover a questionable fact or debatable aspect of this week's Geek Trivia, just post it in the discussion area of the article. Every week, yours truly will choose the best quibble from our assembled masses and discuss it in a future edition of Geek Trivia. ...; Tags: Quibble, Corporate Communications, Processors, Semiconductors, Marketing, Hardware, Components, Jay Garmon; Blog posts 2008-04-15
Atari Stacy (Dinosaur Sightings: Computers from 1984-1989): Atari 8bit ComputersI was a little sad to see no mention of the Atari 400, 800, 800xl, 1200xl, etc. here. But maybe that is a good thing. I guess they aren't considered dinosaurs yet. How about these?Anyone remember the Commodore 128? Now there was a cool computer. ...; Tags: 800xl, 8bit, Atari, Atari Inc., computer, COMPUTERS, hardware, Kaypro 2000, kitkimes41@..., Sony PlayStation 3; Discussion threads 2006-07-29

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