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| October 29, 2007, 6:50 pm, *gweber wrote: | |
| 11.Nov.2003 20:51 From: Webmaster
To: Bill Actually, the M100SIG links do work, but they just take a long time to load. Many of those download areas contain over 100 files and it takes a while to send the entire page to your browser. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:50 pm, *Bill wrote: | |
| 4.Nov.2003 18:14 From: Bill
wboas@nyx.net To: All Links on your site to the M100sig do not work. Also a couple of other on that page. I'm a Model 100/102 user. :-) | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:50 pm, *brent dobson wrote: | |
| 25.Oct.2003 9:04 From: brent dobson
To: All I still have, but don't use, an 8201a. I used this from 1984 to early 90's mainly as a terminal to talk to graphics computers I worked on. Also used it to access my email (yes...in 1984!) - this was a dialup to a Vax system - the modem was a 300 Baud acoustic coupler (no telephone plugs in those days!) - had to put it on the hotel bed and try not to fart or cough otherwise you got %%^&%^&Ujyu7 etc. I even wrote one basic program to convert ethernet Mac addresses to a hex notation. Those were the days! | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:50 pm, *Stephen Scheiderich wrote: | |
| 1.Aug.2003 0:20 From: Stephen Scheiderich
sscheide@twcny.rr.com To: All Great Site! A Model 100/102 Owner from the beginning. I knew quite a few people who had NEC's and loved them too. These were great machines and I still use my 102 quite often. Keep up the great work. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:49 pm, *Gareth Tuttiett wrote: | |
| 16.May.2003 9:35 From: Gareth Tuttiett
gtuttiett@aol.com To: All Great site! I've been a Tandy 102 user since about 1988 and love it! It's still a great machine. I put the extra RAM chip in so it holds a lot more stuff. Love the keyboard. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:49 pm, *John Blunden wrote: | |
| 11.May.2003 8:13 From: John Blunden
johnbl@openlink.org To: gary@web8201.com Hurrah! The NEC PC8300 is working at last, thanks to Garys' sending me the system ROM binary file by email last week and after a bit of a problem with a duff EPROM. The current time and date have been set (testing the BASIC interpreter in the process) and TEXT has also been put through its paces. It only remains to test TELCOM with the IBM PC, then I will set the machine up to store files on the IBM. Thanks Gary for your help, you saved the PC8300 from certain death. Regards John Bl. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:49 pm, *gweber wrote: | |
| 28.Apr.2003 23:15 From: Gary Weber
To: John W. Patterson Hi John. There's a good how-to-use online resource for the NEC machines, at the Potent Portables web site. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Campus/7071/tech.html Also check the other links in my "support resources" area on this web site. Good luck! | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:49 pm, *John W. Patterson wrote: | |
| 31.Mar.2003 7:49 From: John W. Patterson
jpvmr276@msn.com To: any interested party Just bought a NEC PC 8291A from the widow of longtime friend, Bob Schhadewald, late, but have no idea how to get started. It turns on when powered by Bob's Norelco multi-output DC adapter, and a nice basic menu comes up, but I need help figuring out how to use the machine, save files and so on. Where do I start, anyone? John W. Patterson | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:47 pm, *gweber wrote: | |
| 29.Mar.2003 11:03 From: Gary Weber
To: Robert I'm happy you've find something useful here, Robert! Thanks for the compliment. If you're looking for memory, keep in mind that if you even could ever find single 8K RAM modules for sale, they'd cost around US$30 to purchase. However, keep an eye on eBay auctions for the NEC PC-8201A, sometimes there are fully loaded systems for sale (with all the extra memory) that end up selling for around $50. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:47 pm, *Robert wrote: | |
| 27.Mar.2003 1:43 From: Robert
r.sheehan@cs.auckland.ac.nz To: Gary Not only is this a very nice web site but the programs you have created and modified are fantastic. You encouraged me to get my old PC-8201A out of attic. Now I am looking for more memory. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:47 pm, *Richard Marsh wrote: | |
| 10.Mar.2003 16:12 From: Richard Marsh
To: All Love the site. The 8300 has got me interested, and the red 8201 is V. cool. Great to know this weird infatuation I have with these 20 year old gadgets is not so uncommon :) | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:47 pm, *John Bielewicz wrote: | |
| 20.Jan.2003 6:56 From: John Bielewicz
jbiel7@msn.com To: All looking for documentation on an NEC Versa 6050, hope i find it here | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:47 pm, *Masato Takahashi wrote: | |
| 15.Dec.2002 20:32 From: Masato Takahashi
markn3@kc5.so-net.ne.jp To: All Hi Gary. I'm Japanes visitor. I'm very happy to find this site. I want to introduce this site to PC-8201 owners in Japan, and translate to Japanese. If you admit, Please send e-mail to me! | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:46 pm, *Nicole Erickson wrote: | |
| 11.Dec.2002 14:21 From: Nicole Erickson
To: All I had no idea that old laptops had such a following! Gary: I had a great time at lunch :-) -NME | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:46 pm, *fayyaz wrote: | |
| 5.Oct.2002 3:50 From: fayyaz
fayyaz083@hotmail.com To: All hi gary! thanks for ur e mail.i want to know that can i convert my nec 8201 into windows.if yes how can we,hope to listen from u soon. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:46 pm, *Ed de Soto wrote: | |
| 5.Oct.2002 1:11 From: Ed de Soto
desoto@bigfoot.com To: All Hi Gary, This is great. Finally I found a site that can help me keep my 8201 live. My son has been playing around in basic with it now he'll have more to play with. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:46 pm, *faji wrote: | |
| 28.Sep.2002 8:58 From: faji
fayyaz083@hotmail.com To: All i want to know that what is the command to get out of the nec basic language.i will be very thankful if u will mail it to me. iiits great site | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:45 pm, *Gilles wrote: | |
| 5.Sep.2002 5:36 From: Gilles
gtrecul@aol.com To: all hello from France Thank you gary for all infos About the Nec | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:45 pm, *Olaf wrote: | |
| 11.Jul.2002 10:49 From: Olaf
m10@fortytwo.eu.org To: All my email address was collected by several spammers - since I wrote something here at Mar 20 '02 I get much spam for that address. How come? I used this address *only* here. BTW, this email address is disabled now - use web8201 at fortytwo.eu.org for contacting me. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:45 pm, *Simon wrote: | |
| 2.May.2002 18:01 From: Simon
earmenow@hotmail.com To: All Hello.... Wow, I cant believe there are sooo many people here. I came across my 8201a by pure luck many years ago. Didn't think it was all that, until I found out about a null modem, I just cant put it down now. Thx for all the support you gave me. PS Got any extras for sale (Cassette/Diskdrive/etc). Tatty or not, so long as they work, I'll take 'um. MAIL ME. UK, England. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:45 pm, *Eric Stone wrote: | |
| 15.Apr.2002 13:08 From: Eric Stone
To: All Gary: Are you the G.W. who went to MHS? | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:44 pm, *Jack Freymuller wrote: | |
| 27.Mar.2002 16:29 From: Jack Freymuller
jackfry@worldnet.att.net To: WEB8201 Hello- I found an NEC 8201A today. Didn't know what it was but bought it because it looked like a computer. The darn thing works. I have no accessories for it. I collect laptops from 286 up but this thing is too primitive for me so look for it on ebay. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:44 pm, *Paul Read wrote: | |
| 27.Mar.2002 8:07 From: Paul Read
paulr@woodanddouglas.co.uk To: All I have been given an NEC Versa PC452.....What is it??? | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:43 pm, *Olaf wrote: | |
| 20.Mar.2002 15:59 From: Olaf
m10@fortytwo.eu.org To: All Great site! If someone is interested in a DOS up-/download tool and a cute (German) alarm clock program (Basic), just email me. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:43 pm, *John Martin Alfredsson wrote: | |
| 27.Feb.2002 15:44 From: John Martin Alfredsson
jma@jma.se To: All Hey ! Great site :-) Just got my old machine working again. My kids ask where to put the floppy :-). Is it possible to get more RAM without hawing to look for original memory ? /JMA | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:43 pm, *Paul Andreasen wrote: | |
| 10.Feb.2002 0:02 From: Paul Andreasen
k1jan@k1jan.com To: All I was the inventor (co) and producer of the first COLOR interface for the Model 100 and 8201, called the Mikrocolor. I was featured in Portable 100 and Byte back in 80-81 time frame. Anyone remember it? I actually still have a couple if anyone is interested. Hooked to TV at 384x256, 256 colors. We even had a graphics editing program to program "sprites" for graphics animation (used TI's 9914 color chip internally) Thanks for the site, interesting after all these years! | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:43 pm, *JWooden271 wrote: | |
| 9.Feb.2002 19:18 From: JWooden271
To: All Hello everyone, for many years I have had a NEC PC8201a and have thought it was a heap of junk. Your site has shown me what neat things my old laptop does. I was shocked when my Windows XP desktop was able to connect to my 20 year old laptop! And a note to everyone out there, set the year to 1974 - the calendar days are the same as the year 2002! just type this into basic and you are set: date$ = "74/month/day" :) | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:43 pm, *Peter Francis wrote: | |
| 12.Jan.2002 1:59 From: Peter Francis
http://koreworks.netfirms.com To: Everyone~! Hey every1, I'd just like to wish the community a happy new year! I hope it is a good one for some, Im doing my best to ensure it is for me, anyway. sSee u later :) | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:42 pm, *Robert Bernardo wrote: | |
| 12.Jan.2002 1:22 From: Robert Bernardo
rbernardo@value.net To: All Happy New Year! I was cruising around to see what was available for my NEC-8201A. Glad to know that you are here. :-) | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:42 pm, *Sam Getts wrote: | |
| 16.Dec.2001 17:17 From: Sam Getts
sgetts@ameritech.net To: All Just picked up my NEC PC8300 for $15 actually $5 but the DELL Lattitude XP turned out to be JUNK! So I guess $15 is a good price, been looking for a TANDY 100 for a while so not to bad. Any help so I can use this will be great , ( just have to remember BASIC though ).... If any body wants or needs a TRS80 L2 mod 1 email me I have 5 | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:42 pm, *Felix wrote: | |
| 3.Dec.2001 23:15 From: Felix
felix.kaechele@web.de To: All I have the German Version of the PC-8201A. But how did you Fixed that Date an The Name? | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:42 pm, *Thom Gashel wrote: | |
| 30.Nov.2001 0:59 From: Thom Gashel
remove@gashel.com To: All Glad to see there are others out there still plugging away!!! :) !!!! Keep 'em flying!!! | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:42 pm, *rob harztell wrote: | |
| 29.Nov.2001 8:44 From: rob harztell
To: All Just wanted to thank you for the great work -- I found an 8201 that a university was about to just throw away altogether, and grabbed it just for the curiosity value (I remember playing with the Tandy M-100 at the local Radio Shack while my mother did her grocery shopping). Now I have a near-perfect word-processing laptop -- light, long battery life, and tough (my PowerBook couldn't take half the punishment this thing can). | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:41 pm, *Murray wrote: | |
| 2.Nov.2001 21:14 From: Murray
ve7ha@rac.ca To: All Just discovered your interesting site. I have a Japanese version red PC-8201 with 96kB RAM from when I lived near Kyoto in 1984. Also have most accessories and documentation/service manuals/advertising brochures (both English & Japanese). Considering the $20 price I see one of these sold for on Ebay doesn't make me feel good considering I paid over Yen240,000 for it. Run your Basic programs on that number and figure out how much it has depreciated! | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:41 pm, *John Dragt wrote: | |
| 21.Oct.2001 5:35 From: John Dragt
dragtj@hotmail.com To: gary amazing. i was relating to a friend about my need for a portable ascii terminal for programming flowmeters (circa 2001) when he shows me the four nec8201a's he bought from a garbage recycling shop for $20.00 Australian ($10.00 US !!) perfect ! lighter and faster-booting than my pII-400 laptop, and i can see the display in direct sunlight! i only wanted to know how to configure the rs232, so i did a web search. your site was on the top of the list. an excellent example of what is available for "obsolete" technology. keep up the good work. regards, john from tasmania, australia (a small north-antarctic island, as far as most people are concerned!) p.s: i couldn't download any files. "cannot find server or dns error" .My problem? | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:41 pm, *george buchanan wrote: | |
| 12.Sep.2001 17:20 From: george buchanan
george_b_buchanan@yahoo.ca To: All i thought i was alone | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:41 pm, *Tom Garcia wrote: | |
| 12.Sep.2001 9:33 From: Tom Garcia
tom@garcia.net To: All Any ideas as to what DOS program I need to transfer from WP-2 to my PC? SQUIRT.EXE does not seem to work via my nul modem cable. Tom in Maine | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:40 pm, *M. Curtis McCain wrote: | |
| 5.Sep.2001 10:14 From: M. Curtis McCain
curtis@windmill.net To: All Just finished up my collection of these little beauties. I've got the T100, 8201a, 8300, Oli M10 and just picked up the KC-85. Now if I could just pick up a red and a silver 8201a! Keep up the good work. | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:40 pm, *John Robinson wrote: | |
| 9.Aug.2001 0:11 From: John Robinson
john_a_robinson@hotmail.com To: All I just got given an 8201, I was going to give it away, but I thought I'd find out more about it first. Well the thing actually works, and I was surprised to find a web site for the thing - great. The only thing I am missing is a manual. Is there are soft copy somewhere, i.e. a pdf file etc ?? This could soon be a robot controller for me :-) | |
| October 29, 2007, 6:40 pm, *Ron Wiesen wrote: | |
| 1.Aug.2001 10:41 From: Ron Wiesen
ron.wiesen@icn.siemens.com To: Gary Weber Acquired a PC-8201 while on vacation. Just back to work now Gary and figured I'de tour this site. Keep up the good work. | |
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