Writing is what prompted me to buy my first 102. Which led to a 200, 100 and 8201. And of course that also led to mComm, Sardine support and the SARDOS rom........guess I need to spend less time developing and more time writing.
Kurt -----Original Message----- From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Mike Stein Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2017 2:53 PM To: m...@bitchin100.com Subject: [M100] Any writers still using an M100? I thought some of you might be amused by this reply to a post I made in a CCtalk mailing list thread discussing the best device for undistracted writing with a good keyboard, display and battery life: FWIW, Evan is a well-known figure in the vintage computer community. m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Koblentz via cctalk" <cct...@classiccmp.org> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cct...@classiccmp.org> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 3:47 PM Subject: Re: looking at buying a pocket PC / PDA >> Radio Shack M100 ... still used by some writers for the very reason you >> mention. > > That is not true. > > It was an urban legend in the 1990s that a handful of old farts in the > entirely sportswriting industry (thousands of writers overall) may > "still" be using their Model 100s. I'm sure if you looked hard enough > some of them still used typewriters too. > > In 2017? It's ridiculous to even speculate.