Right, "Model T" was Rick Hanson's invention, and it refers the whole family of computers related to the model 100.
On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 at 15:09, C. Magaret <mega...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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. > >
