I believe the expression "Model T" was coined by Rick Hanson of Club 100 fame (also a car nut), and it's both a reference to "Tandy" and the fact that the Ford Model T was the first affordable and commercially successful automobile. I.e., the Model 100 is the Model T of laptop computers.
Cheers, CAM > On Dec 30, 2020, at 14:58, Joshua O'Keefe <maj...@nachomountain.com> wrote: > > On Dec 30, 2020, at 2:49 PM, Scott McDonnell <mcdonnell.j...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> I’ve heard the term “MEWS” used several times. What does that stand for and >> why is the M100 called a Model T? > > I’m new around here compared to most, but I think I have this right: > > MEWS is the Micro Executive Workstation, a marketing name for the Model 100. > > The etymology of the “Model T” term is a little more unclear to me. I do > know that the “Tandy” branded models (as opposed to the TRS-80 branded Model > 100) don’t seem to use the word “Model” in the name. The 102 is actually a > “Tandy 102” and the 100 is actually a “TRS-80 Model 100”. Because of this if > you’re trying to be accurate you would use terms like M100 but T102. I > myself am not fussy about this kind of thing and I consider my 102 to be a > TRS-80 because I think of Radio Shack computers as TRS-80s in my head.
