![]() ![]() ![]() Transfer it on a Zip disk and then easily transfer that file to you ancient 286, 386, 486 or whatever PC. Its nice to be able to download a patch or file from your internet connected Windows 7 PC that may be a little to big or to many files for a standard 1.44mb floppy. Although smaller in storage capability They are more convenient then burning CD’s. I’ll admit the Zip drive has become indispensable to me lately as everything from DOS to windows 7 supports it. Unlike the LS-120, Zip drives cannot read or write to standard 1.44mb floppy disks but they do have a higher transfer rate to their disks then a floppy has to its own. ![]() The Zip drive’s initial version could store up to 100mb of data on a disk and eventually a 250mb and 750mb version was released. The much more popular “floppy” storage alternative to the LS-120. Apparently this machine has quite a following though Īh, the Zip drive. Its a neat little machine but doesn’t have much practical use I can find today at least not for myself. Other then that I don’t have much to say about it. Lastly a cassette port for a cassette player for storage. The north American version like this one has a built in 300 baud modem which I believe that phone port may be for. We have a small reset button as well as a RS-232 serial port and printer port. Here we have the back of the computer with most of our ports. I’ve read that it is very easy on batteries and can go for 16+ hours on batteries. It is also powered by 4 AA batteries but also has a port for an external 9v dc power supply. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that its probably only capable of text display. The screen is a non backlit LCD and despite the age it displayed quite clear for me. It has no internal mass storage capabilities so for saving anything permanently you would need to use an external cassette player of disk drive. As I am primarily a gamer and this machine is pretty obviously not a gaming machine I don’t have to much to say about it but I did think it was kind of a neat little find. Apparently these machines were very popular with news journalists and other “on the move” individuals. These machines began to be sold back in 1983 and have anywhere from 8kb to 32kb of RAM. Also the much more successful relation of the LS-120 super drive the Iomega Zip drive and finally a number of gamepads from the king of PC gamepads in the 90’s, Gravis.Ĭonsidered the worlds first laptop computer I came across my model 100 at a Goodwill and purchased it for a couple of dollars, about $3 I believe and to my surprise on hitting the power button the thing turned right on.Īs you can see the model 100 is sort of like a giant calculator. Thanks in advance for any info/advice you guys can share.In this Odds & Ends I’m going to go over the venerable TRS-80 Model 100 a small portable computer. I might be tempted to buy that machine if I wasn't worried the only thing in the PC case was a burnt out motherboard and broken CPU. But what it didn't have was a description, other than a statement that the seller didn't accept returns. I actually looked at some vintage PCs on eBay and saw a 486 clone that from the pictures not only had a parallel port, but appeared to have an internal Zip Drive for $450 with shipping. Does anyone know if a USB Zip drive will work with Windows 10? I am willing to spend that much, but I am concerned there will be driver and/or Windows 10 issues. There are USB Zip Drives available on eBay for between $16 and $60. I am not sure if the drive I have still works, but as I don't have a PC with a parallel port, it doesn't really matter. But since I haven't accessed any of these disks in well over 20 years, there are limits to how much I am willing to spend. I would like to find something that will let me read those disks because there may be pictures or other files I would like to have. There were probably backups of my 486 PC and files I moved to a zip disk to make room on my 420 MB HD. I know, imagine a disk that could store a whole 100 MB!!! I don't remember exactly what is stored on those disks. There were also a number of 100 MB zip disks. In those boxes was a Zip Drive (parallel port version) I had purchased in or around 1996. My family recently sold the house I grew up in requiring me to remove a number of boxes that I had stored there. ![]()
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