Barry, Given the "few lines" I think you are probably thinking of the Tandy/TRS-80 Model 100. (There was later a model 200.) A largish-book-sized computer with an 8 line LCD display and a full keyboard. It was very popular with journalists: ran on 8 AA batteries, built-in modem, and word-processing, spreadsheet, and BASIC in firmware. It still stands up as a great machine. I have one on my shelf that I show to students once in a while as an example of a design that actually works. Can't run Doom, and (besides the form factor) is outstripped by any modern mobile phone, but it is still a cool little machine. At least Tandy left the computer business (mostly) on a high note. Alex On 10/14/06, Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:
Jeremy DePauw says he is really interested in Journalists' use over time.
Am I the only one old enuf to remember the TRS-80 from Radio Shack, known as the Trash-80. It had a screen of only a few lines, but a full keyboard, and was small and lite to carry. Smaller than a current ultra-portable.
All 4 of my journalist friends of those days (mid-1990s?) carried them.
I'm sure a little surfing will find more.
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