Msg: 7044 *Conference*
04-02-97 01:23:17
From: COMET _
To : CARL VOGEL
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #7027 (PORTABLE 100)
I've read on this message base about the Portable 100 saga. Although Rick advertised Club 100 on it, it appears that many subscribers had a poor time in getting their copies of Portable 100. So Rick stopped advertising there, and I think you can forget about anything new from Portable 100.... I'm a mathematician, programmer, and computer scientist--I use my Model 100 for hobbyist use only. I am working on learning its internals; I had started labelling the ROM entry points when a cold start ruined my work. (My backup copy was also in RAM....) Right now, I'm using the XR4 and RAMPAC as alternative backup media; once I type in the utility routines that are printed in the XR4 user manual I will be starting my task of disassembly again. I use the Cleuseau ROM for assembly language capabilities. I've tried a few programs from the Club 100 library; I liked the music programs and the graphics programs. I plan on contributing some, myself. You may find that the Model 100 is a good tool for you to use to keep your patient notes in. There are utility routines in the Club 100 library, I think, that will let you encrypt your data for privacy. You can also transfer the data between your new Pentium and your Model T.