Msg: 782 *Conference*

11-03-91 15:41:18

From: TRACY ALLEN

To : BARRY WAGNER

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #771 (FILE COMPRESSION)

Dear Barry,
   I'll enclose a BASIC loader of TINY along with this message.  After the
message you will see that one of your options will be "file enclosed".  Thanks
for the extRAM kudos.  I kind of like the little bugger myself too.  I sounds
like you've got a lot crammed in there!   The first XR4 or super extrams are
just a couple of weeks away.  But it will take some time to figure out which
ROMs it will work with and to try to iron out any bugs that crop up.  In
general, it should run OK with all the existing extRAM file-bank software.
   
 A lot of us have wondered about redesign of the 102 for more memory & speed &
other goodies like builtin DOS loader (instead of cassette) and so on.   Did
you follow Mike Daigle's articles on the erstwhile "model 300"?  Some of us
would settle for an erstwhile "model 103".  But there hasn't been a peep out of
Tandy except to say that they are going to continue the 102 as long as it sells
relative to some undefined marketing criterion.  It wouldn't be hard to evolve
the 102 into the 20th century, I think. What's on your wish list?
  
  -- Tracy