I'm a relatively new member to the mailing list. I've been lurking for a week or two now. I also just recently dusted my Model 102 off to do some writing with it. I entered into the NaNoWriMo contest for the first time this year and was planning to use the 102 a little bit just for the novelty factor, but I have to say I kinda like it. When writing on my laptop or even my iPad I find myself responding to notifications and looking at other information. I also tend to worry more about typos, grammar, etc. On the Model 102 I barely pay attention to the actual words on the screen. And because going back to fix a typo is a bit of a hassle with the cursor keys, instead I just focus on plowing forward and can leave the edits for another time. I use the basic/assembly wc.ba app from club100 to track my word counts and then it's only a small hassle to plug in a cable at the end of a writing session and save the text to my MacBook.
On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Mike Stein <mhs.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just curious, John: how many members does this mailing list have these > days? > > m > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* John R. Hogerhuis > *To:* m...@bitchin100.com > *Sent:* Thursday, November 02, 2017 6:10 PM > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Any writers still using an M100? > > > On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 2:51 PM Mike Stein <mhs.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 > > > Well sounded like he was debunking a specific bit of old wrong news. > > Reality is people do write with it. Not sure in what numbers. Sports > writer story... never heard of it. > > — John. > >
