A NEC 8201a. A new resident at the rest home

[tezza]

Hi,

Just thought I'd show off my latest acquisition. This is a real nostalgia blast as I used to own one of these back in the mid-eighties and it served me well.

I've written a blog entry on it, making some comparisons with its more famous cousin, the TRS-80 Model 100.

Anyone used one of these and have similar nostalgic memories?

Tez

[paul.brett]

Tezza,

I have one of these in my collection too. I especially like the cursor key arrangement, superior to the Tandy 100/102 layout.

Also in my collection is the slightly newer NEC PC-8300.

I (briefly) owned a Tandy 100 back in the late eighties (or maybe it was a 102, I can't remember for sure). A complete 100/102/200 series now graces my 'favourites' shelf.

Fantastic programmable machines with great keyboards and a long battery life! Where did it all go wrong?

Paul.

[tezza]

Originally Posted by paul.brett

Fantastic programmable machines with great keyboards and a long battery life! Where did it all go wrong?

Paul.

Where indeed!

I just looked up some info on the 8300. I didn't realise an upgraded model to the 8201a existed. The Xmodem protocol in the terminal program would have been useful for binary uploads/downloads.

back in 1985 insipred by my machine, a work colleague bought a NEC 8401a. I could never warm to it, probably because it didn't have BASIC built in, so you were limited the CP/M business apps it came with.

Tez

[curtis]

4201?

Or are you in need of more coffee and meant 8401?

[geoffm3]

I had one of those a while back too. A really neat machine. For mine I also had a big honkin' 3.5" disk drive expansion (which I never was able to get work), and the video display adapter (TMS9918 based).

[tezza]

Originally Posted by curtis

4201?

Or are you in need of more coffee and meant 8401?

Opps, that's the one. . Now corrected for the sake of the search engines.

Tez