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Model T DocGarden

2026-04-03T05:12:57Z

B9: /* Model T Links */ Add Archive.org link for mraiow

These pages are devoted to the [[Model T|Model T. What is a Model T computer?]] In short it is one of these:
TRS-80 Model 100, Tandy 200, Tandy 102, Kyocera Kyotronic-85, NEC PC-8201A, NEC PC-8300, Olivetti M10, and (perhaps?) the WP-2.

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== Community ==

The community gathers at [[Club 100|Club100.org]]

== Classic Article Repubs ==

We hope to republish one or more articles from the Golden Era of the Model T every month:

<DPL>
category=Model 100 Classics
</DPL>

== One-Liners ==

This is a collection of Microsoft BASIC programs that
* Do something interesting or useful
* With only a single line of code

One-liners are bite-sized computer programs on a human scale. You are encouraged to type them in manually (by hand) and study their operation.

[[Model 100/102 Compatible One-Liners]]

== Documentation ==

[[TPDD Service Manual]]

== File-Transfer and Storage ==

We still use Model Ts today, so file transfer to/from desktop and modern laptops is an important issue. There are multiple alternatives, from simple text file transfers using TEXT, TELCOM, or BASIC, up to dedicated file transfer protocol client and servers.

[[Model T File Transfer]]

== Model T Developer Reference ==

Articles on Model T programming topics

<DPL>
category=Model T Developer Reference
columns=3
</DPL>

Model 100 and Tandy 102 Variants and Main ROMs

[[Model and ROM information|Model and ROM information]]

== Model T Software ==

<DPL>
category=Model T Software
</DPL>

== Model T Video ==

<DPL>
category=Model T Video
</DPL>

[[VT100]] is a solution for VGA 80x24 display, which utilizes a variant of Microsoft Disk BASIC (aka DVI) software for tight integration with M100 OS.

[[MVT100 Desktop Application]] is an application that runs on a desktop, to provide 80x24 video for M100 using serial data, like MVT100.

[[BCR TTL SERIAL HACK]] enables high speed serial TTL character transmission from the BCR port. This is useful for using an external serial CRT like the VT100.

== Model T Hardware Hacks and Troubleshooting ==
<DPL>
category=Model T Hardware Hacking
</DPL>

== Model T Hardware Projects ==

<DPL>
category=Model T Hardware
columns=3
</DPL>

[[REXsharp|REX#]] is a flash OptROM emulator/switcher

[[REXCPM]] combines REX# functionality, with SRAM to enable CP/M. See M100 CP/M

[[NSC800 Conversion]] Fun with conversion of an M100 to the NSC800 processor (Z80 compatible).

[[5MHz Upgrade hacks]] Information on how to turbo charge your Model T!

[[Remem|ReMem]] is the ultimate Model T memory upgrade (not active)

[[REX]] is a flash OptROM emulator/switcher (not active)

[[NADSBox]] is a stand-alone TPDD emulation device that uses SD cards

[[Mikrokolor]] Is a Color Graphics interface for the Model 100. Allows for 40x80 character graphics/text

[[MTHD]] Is a how to add a Harddrive to your Model T

[[Joystick adapter]] is a simple Atari/Commodore joystick interface for Model T

[[BlueM]] is a custom bluetooth adapter for the Model T family - '''look here for Wifi adaptation tips!''' (not active)

[[QUAD]] is a 4x32KB RAM expansion for the M100 - works stand alone or with REX! (not active)

[[M100ROM]], by Mike Stein, is an adapter board for Model 100 that can be used to upgrade the Main ROM, and add an internal Option ROM

== Other Topics ==

[[OPTROM Switching]] discussion on code used to bank switch main ROM and option ROM

[[Olivetti M10 ROM patch]] a modified M100 Main ROM to replace the Standard USA Olivetti M10 ROM

Benefits:
* allows use of M100 software on M10 hardware
* supports M100 Option ROMs

[[M100/T102 Hardware scrolling patch]] a modification to the main ROM to support hardware scrolling.

Benefits:
* faster screen response
Drawbacks:
* screen does not scroll as smoothly

== Model T Links ==

[http://club100.org Rick Hanson's Club 100]

[http://www.web8201.com Gary Weber's NEC PC-8201 Site]

[http://sliderule.mraiow.com/wiki/Portable_Computer_Index#T Chris Osburn's Calculating Instruments] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140422230936/http://sliderule.mraiow.com/wiki/Portable_Computer_Index#T Archived]

[http://kenpettit.com/projects.html Ken Pettit's Model T Projects]

Model T DocGarden

2026-04-03T02:11:15Z

B9: Add link for "What is a Model T?"

These pages are devoted to the [[Model T|Model T. What is a Model T computer?]] In short it is one of these:
TRS-80 Model 100, Tandy 200, Tandy 102, Kyocera Kyotronic-85, NEC PC-8201A, NEC PC-8300, Olivetti M10, and (perhaps?) the WP-2.

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To send email to the list, just send it to m100@lists.bitchin100.com
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== Community ==

The community gathers at [[Club 100|Club100.org]]

== Classic Article Repubs ==

We hope to republish one or more articles from the Golden Era of the Model T every month:

<DPL>
category=Model 100 Classics
</DPL>

== One-Liners ==

This is a collection of Microsoft BASIC programs that
* Do something interesting or useful
* With only a single line of code

One-liners are bite-sized computer programs on a human scale. You are encouraged to type them in manually (by hand) and study their operation.

[[Model 100/102 Compatible One-Liners]]

== Documentation ==

[[TPDD Service Manual]]

== File-Transfer and Storage ==

We still use Model Ts today, so file transfer to/from desktop and modern laptops is an important issue. There are multiple alternatives, from simple text file transfers using TEXT, TELCOM, or BASIC, up to dedicated file transfer protocol client and servers.

[[Model T File Transfer]]

== Model T Developer Reference ==

Articles on Model T programming topics

<DPL>
category=Model T Developer Reference
columns=3
</DPL>

Model 100 and Tandy 102 Variants and Main ROMs

[[Model and ROM information|Model and ROM information]]

== Model T Software ==

<DPL>
category=Model T Software
</DPL>

== Model T Video ==

<DPL>
category=Model T Video
</DPL>

[[VT100]] is a solution for VGA 80x24 display, which utilizes a variant of Microsoft Disk BASIC (aka DVI) software for tight integration with M100 OS.

[[MVT100 Desktop Application]] is an application that runs on a desktop, to provide 80x24 video for M100 using serial data, like MVT100.

[[BCR TTL SERIAL HACK]] enables high speed serial TTL character transmission from the BCR port. This is useful for using an external serial CRT like the VT100.

== Model T Hardware Hacks and Troubleshooting ==
<DPL>
category=Model T Hardware Hacking
</DPL>

== Model T Hardware Projects ==

<DPL>
category=Model T Hardware
columns=3
</DPL>

[[REXsharp|REX#]] is a flash OptROM emulator/switcher

[[REXCPM]] combines REX# functionality, with SRAM to enable CP/M. See M100 CP/M

[[NSC800 Conversion]] Fun with conversion of an M100 to the NSC800 processor (Z80 compatible).

[[5MHz Upgrade hacks]] Information on how to turbo charge your Model T!

[[Remem|ReMem]] is the ultimate Model T memory upgrade (not active)

[[REX]] is a flash OptROM emulator/switcher (not active)

[[NADSBox]] is a stand-alone TPDD emulation device that uses SD cards

[[Mikrokolor]] Is a Color Graphics interface for the Model 100. Allows for 40x80 character graphics/text

[[MTHD]] Is a how to add a Harddrive to your Model T

[[Joystick adapter]] is a simple Atari/Commodore joystick interface for Model T

[[BlueM]] is a custom bluetooth adapter for the Model T family - '''look here for Wifi adaptation tips!''' (not active)

[[QUAD]] is a 4x32KB RAM expansion for the M100 - works stand alone or with REX! (not active)

[[M100ROM]], by Mike Stein, is an adapter board for Model 100 that can be used to upgrade the Main ROM, and add an internal Option ROM

== Other Topics ==

[[OPTROM Switching]] discussion on code used to bank switch main ROM and option ROM

[[Olivetti M10 ROM patch]] a modified M100 Main ROM to replace the Standard USA Olivetti M10 ROM

Benefits:
* allows use of M100 software on M10 hardware
* supports M100 Option ROMs

[[M100/T102 Hardware scrolling patch]] a modification to the main ROM to support hardware scrolling.

Benefits:
* faster screen response
Drawbacks:
* screen does not scroll as smoothly

== Model T Links ==

[http://club100.org Rick Hanson's Club 100]

[http://www.web8201.com Gary Weber's NEC PC-8201 Site]

[http://sliderule.mraiow.com/wiki/Portable_Computer_Index#T Chris Osburn's Calculating Instruments]

[http://kenpettit.com/projects.html Ken Pettit's Model T Projects]

Bitchin100 DocGarden

2026-04-03T02:00:32Z

B9: Link to the DocGarden explicitly. Add link to definition of Model T.

[[Model T DocGarden|Bitchin100 DocGarden]] is the site for enthusiasts to share documentation, notes, reviews and links to other projects and software related to [[True Portable Definition|True Portable Laptops]].

== Model T ==

The [[Model T DocGarden|pages of this DocGarden]] are dedicated to [[Model T]] computers: The TRS-80 Model 100, and the workalikes (Kyocera, NEC, Olivetti) and the Tandy 200

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== Other Interesting Machines ==

While not technically "Model T" computers, these cousins do meet the [[True Portable Definition]]:

* [[Tandy WP-2 DocGarden|Tandy WP-2]]

* [[Cambridge Z88 DocGarden|Cambridge Z88]]

* [[Amstrad NC-100/200 DocGarden|Amstrad NC-100/200]]

* [[Epson PX-8 Geneva DocGarden|Epson PX-8 Geneva]]

* [[NEC 8500, Starlet]]

== 16, 32 or 64-bit bus Machines ==

Please contribute documentation on any machines you feel fit the [[True Portable Definition|TPD]].

Model T

2026-04-03T01:41:57Z

B9: Link to source of quote

= What's a “Model T” Computer? =

“Model T” is an umbrella term which refers to a set of closely related portable computers released by different companies in the early 1980s. While the TRS-80 [[Model 100]] (aka "m100") is the most well-known of the family, it had "sisters" which were designed from the same template with variations that made them unique and (usually) incompatible.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Model T Computers
|-
! Brand !! Model !! Nicknames !! Notes
|-
| TRS-80 || Model 100 || m100
| Sold by Radio Shack. Most well-known.
|-
| Tandy || 200 || t200, m200
| Larger screen, clamshell case.
|-
| Tandy || 102 || t102, m102, Model 100/102
| Nearly 100% compatible with m100.
|-
| Kyocera || Kyotronic-85 || k85, kyo85, KC-85
| Possibly the first of the Model T computers.
|-
| NEC || PC-8201 / PC-8201A || nec, 8201, n82
| "A" version is for export (non-Japanese). Runs N82 BASIC.
|-
| NEC || PC-8300 || nec, 8201, n82
| 100% compatible with PC-8201.
|-
| Olivetti || M10 || ?
| Stylish.
|}

=== History of the phrase ===

Since the 1980s, aficionados of the TRS-80 Model 100 typically used the number “100” to name themselves — "M100SIG", "Portable 100", "Club 100", "Web100", and of course, "Bitchin 100" — and the other, less popular computers got lumped in under the same term by default.

In the early 1990s, people began using the phrase "Model T" computers, this time explicitly including the whole family. Here is what [https://archive.org/details/P100-Magazine/1991-04/page/33/mode/1up Gene Wilburn] said at the time:

<blockquote>
<blockquote cite="https://archive.org/details/P100-Magazine/1991-04/page/33/mode/1up">''Michael Daigle has dubbed the M100 the “Model T,” evoking images of that venerable earlier technology that likewise had a profound impact on our lives. Thanks, Michael. I’m going to borrow your delightful coinage to cover the Tandy 100/102, its younger, heftier brother, the Tandy 200, as well as its cousins, the NEC 8201/8300, Kyocera KC-85, and Olivetti M10.''</blockquote>
:::—Gene Wilburn in '''Model T Joyride'''
:::''Portable 100 Magazine'', April 1991
</blockquote>

=== Ambiguities ===

Occasionally, people use “Model T” to mean only the TRS-80/Tandy portable computers. To emphasize that one is speaking about the family of closely related computers, not just the Radio Shack variants, one could instead refer to their common DNA with the Kyocera Kyotronic-85. (As in, ''“Few programs can run on all of the Kyotronic sisters, but this one does.”'')

Less commonly, some people use the phrase "Model T" to include computers which filled a similar niche, being portable computers from around the same era. For example:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Cousins of the Model T
|-
! Brand !! Model !! Nicknames !! Notes
|-
| Tandy || 600 || T600
| Larger screen, clamshell case.
|-
| Tandy || WP-2 || WP2
| Portable word processor.
|-
| Cambridge || Z88 ||
|
|-
| NEC || PC-8500 ||
|
|}

Model T

2026-04-02T19:22:10Z

B9:

= What's a “Model T” Computer? =

“Model T” is an umbrella term which refers to a set of closely related portable computers released by different companies in the early 1980s. While the TRS-80 [[Model 100]] (aka "m100") is the most well-known of the family, it had "sisters" which were designed from the same template with variations that made them unique and (usually) incompatible.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Model T Computers
|-
! Brand !! Model !! Nicknames !! Notes
|-
| TRS-80 || Model 100 || m100
| Sold by Radio Shack. Most well-known.
|-
| Tandy || 200 || t200, m200
| Larger screen, clamshell case.
|-
| Tandy || 102 || t102, m102, Model 100/102
| Nearly 100% compatible with m100.
|-
| Kyocera || Kyotronic-85 || k85, kyo85, KC-85
| Possibly the first of the Model T computers.
|-
| NEC || PC-8201 / PC-8201A || nec, 8201, n82
| "A" version is for export (non-Japanese). Runs N82 BASIC.
|-
| NEC || PC-8300 || nec, 8201, n82
| 100% compatible with PC-8201. Runs N82 BASIC.
|-
| Olivetti || M10 || ?
| Stylish.
|}

=== History of the phrase ===

Since the 1980s, aficionados of the TRS-80 Model 100 typically used the number “100” to name themselves — "M100SIG", "Portable 100", "Club 100", "Web100", and of course, "Bitchin 100" — and the other, less popular computers got lumped in under the same term by default.

In the early 1990s, people began using the phrase "Model T" computers, this time explicitly including the whole family. Here is what Gene Wilburn said about the term in 1991:

<blockquote cite="https://archive.org/details/P100-Magazine/1991-04/page/33/mode/1up">Michael Daigle has dubbed the M100 the “Model T," evoking images of that venerable earlier technology that likewise had a profound impact on our lives. Thanks, Michael. I’m going to borrow your delightful coinage to cover the Tandy 100/102, its younger, heftier brother, the Tandy 200, as well as its cousins, the NEC 8201/8300, Kyocera KC-85, and Olivetti M10.</blockquote>
:::—Gene Wilburn in '''Model T Joyride'''
:::''Portable 100 Magazine'', April 1991

=== Ambiguities ===

Occasionally, people use "Model T" to mean only the TRS-80/Tandy computers. To emphasize that one is speaking about ''all'' of the closely related computers, not just the Radio Shack variants, one can refer to their common DNA with the Kyocera Kyotronic-85. (For example, ''“Few programs can run on all of the Kyotronic sisters, but this one does.”'')

Less commonly, some people use the phrase "Model T" to include computers which filled a similar niche, being portable computers from around the same era. For example:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Cousins of the Model T
|-
! Brand !! Model !! Nicknames !! Notes
|-
| Tandy || 600 || T600
| Larger screen, clamshell case.
|-
| Tandy || WP-2 || WP2
| Portable word processor.
|-
| Cambridge || Z88 ||
|-
| NEC || PC-8500 ||
|}

Model T

2026-04-02T19:19:54Z

B9:

= What's a “Model T” Computer? =

“Model T” is an umbrella term which refers to a set of closely related portable computers released by different companies in the early 1980s. While the TRS-80 [[Model 100]] (aka "m100") is the most well-known of the family, it had "sisters" which were designed from the same template with variations that made them unique and (usually) incompatible.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Model T Computers
|-
! Brand !! Model !! Nicknames !! Notes
|-
| TRS-80 || Model 100 || m100
| Sold by Radio Shack. Most well-known.
|-
| Tandy || 200 || t200, m200
| Larger screen, clamshell case.
|-
| Tandy || 102 || t102, m102, Model 100/102
| Nearly 100% compatible with m100.
|-
| Kyocera || Kyotronic-85 || k85, kyo85, KC-85
| Possibly the first of the Model T's.
|-
| NEC || PC-8201 / PC-8201A || nec, 8201, n82
| "A" version is English variant. Runs N82 BASIC.
|-
| NEC || PC-8300 || nec, 8201, n82
| 100% compatible with PC-8201. Runs N82 BASIC.
|-
| Olivetti || M10 || ?
| Stylish.
|}

=== History of the phrase ===

Since the 1980s, aficionados of the TRS-80 Model 100 typically used the number “100” to name themselves — "M100SIG", "Portable 100", "Club 100", "Web100", and of course, "Bitchin 100" — and the other, less popular computers got lumped in under the same term by default.

In the early 1990s, people began using the phrase "Model T" computers, this time explicitly including the whole family. Here is what Gene Wilburn said about the term in 1991:

<blockquote cite="https://archive.org/details/P100-Magazine/1991-04/page/33/mode/1up">Michael Daigle has dubbed the M100 the “Model T," evoking images of that venerable earlier technology that likewise had a profound impact on our lives. Thanks, Michael. I’m going to borrow your delightful coinage to cover the Tandy 100/102, its younger, heftier brother, the Tandy 200, as well as its cousins, the NEC 8201/8300, Kyocera KC-85, and Olivetti M10.</blockquote>
:::—Gene Wilburn in '''Model T Joyride'''
:::''Portable 100 Magazine'', April 1991

=== Ambiguities ===

Occasionally, people use "Model T" to mean only the TRS-80/Tandy computers. To emphasize that one is speaking about ''all'' of the closely related computers, not just the Radio Shack variants, one can refer to their common DNA with the Kyocera Kyotronic-85. (For example, ''“Few programs can run on all of the Kyotronic sisters, but this one does.”'')

Less commonly, some people use the phrase "Model T" to include computers which filled a similar niche, being portable computers from around the same era. For example:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Cousins of the Model T
|-
! Brand !! Model !! Nicknames !! Notes
|-
| Tandy || 600 || T600
| Larger screen, clamshell case.
|-
| Tandy || WP-2 || WP2
| Portable word processor.
|-
| Cambridge || Z88 ||
|-
| NEC || PC-8500 ||
|}

Model T

2026-04-02T19:17:04Z

B9: /* History of the phrase */

= What's a “Model T” Computer? =

“Model T” is an umbrella term which refers to a set of closely related portable computers released by different companies in the early 1980s. While the TRS-80 [[Model 100]] (aka "m100") is the most well-known of the family, it had "sisters" which were designed from the same template but with variations that made them unique and (usually) incompatible.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Model T Computers
|-
! Brand !! Model !! Nicknames !! Notes
|-
| TRS-80 || Model 100 || m100
| Sold by Radio Shack. Most well-known.
|-
| Tandy || 200 || t200, m200
| Larger screen, clamshell case.
|-
| Tandy || 102 || t102, m102, Model 100/102
| Nearly 100% compatible with m100.
|-
| Kyocera || Kyotronic-85 || k85, kyo85, KC-85
| Possibly the first of the Model T's.
|-
| NEC || PC-8201 / PC-8201A || nec, 8201, n82
| "A" version is English variant. Runs N82 BASIC.
|-
| NEC || PC-8300 || nec, 8201, n82
| 100% compatible with PC-8201. Runs N82 BASIC.
|-
| Olivetti || M10 || ?
| Stylish.
|}

=== History of the phrase ===

Since the 1980s, aficionados of the TRS-80 Model 100 typically used the number “100” to name themselves — "M100SIG", "Portable 100", "Club 100", "Web100", and of course, "Bitchin 100" — and the other, less popular computers got lumped in under the same term by default.

In the early 1990s, people began using the phrase "Model T" computers, this time explicitly including the whole family. Here is what Gene Wilburn said about the term in 1991:

<blockquote cite="https://archive.org/details/P100-Magazine/1991-04/page/33/mode/1up">Michael Daigle has dubbed the M100 the “Model T," evoking images of that venerable earlier technology that likewise had a profound impact on our lives. Thanks, Michael. I’m going to borrow your delightful coinage to cover the Tandy 100/102, its younger, heftier brother, the Tandy 200, as well as its cousins, the NEC 8201/8300, Kyocera KC-85, and Olivetti M10.</blockquote>
:::—Gene Wilburn in '''Model T Joyride'''
:::''Portable 100 Magazine'', April 1991

=== Ambiguities ===

Occasionally, people use "Model T" to mean only the TRS-80/Tandy computers. To emphasize that one is speaking about ''all'' of the closely related computers, not just the Radio Shack variants, one can refer to their common DNA with the Kyocera Kyotronic-85. (For example, ''“Few programs can run on all of the Kyotronic sisters, but this one does.”'')

Even less commonly, some people use the phrase "Model T" to also refer to cousins which filled a similar niche, being portable computers from around the same era:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Cousins of the Model T
|-
! Brand !! Model !! Nicknames !! Notes
|-
| Tandy || 600 || T600
| Larger screen, clamshell case.
|-
| Tandy || WP-2 || WP2
| Portable word processor.
|-
| Cambridge || Z88 ||
|-
| NEC || PC-8500 ||
|}

Model T

2026-04-02T18:58:05Z

B9: Define the term

= What's a “Model T” Computer? =

“Model T” is an umbrella term which refers to a set of closely related portable computers released by different companies in the early 1980s. While the TRS-80 [[Model 100]] (aka "m100") is the most well-known of the family, it had "sisters" which were designed from the same template but with variations that made them unique and (usually) incompatible.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Model T Computers
|-
! Brand !! Model !! Nicknames !! Notes
|-
| TRS-80 || Model 100 || m100
| Sold by Radio Shack. Most well-known.
|-
| Tandy || 200 || t200, m200
| Larger screen, clamshell case.
|-
| Tandy || 102 || t102, m102, Model 100/102
| Nearly 100% compatible with m100.
|-
| Kyocera || Kyotronic-85 || k85, kyo85, KC-85
| Possibly the first of the Model T's.
|-
| NEC || PC-8201 / PC-8201A || nec, 8201, n82
| "A" version is English variant. Runs N82 BASIC.
|-
| NEC || PC-8300 || nec, 8201, n82
| 100% compatible with PC-8201. Runs N82 BASIC.
|-
| Olivetti || M10 || ?
| Stylish.
|}

=== History of the phrase ===

Since the 1980s, aficionados of the TRS-80 Model 100 typically used the number “100” to name themselves (e.g., "M100SIG", "Portable 100", "Club 100", "Web100", and of course, "Bitchin 100"). The other computers got lumped in under the same term by default.

In the early 1990s, people began using the phrase "Model T" computers, this time explicitly including the whole family. Here is what Gene Wilburn said about the term in 1991:

<blockquote cite="https://archive.org/details/P100-Magazine/1991-04/page/33/mode/1up">Michael Daigle has dubbed the M100 the “Model T," evoking images of that venerable earlier technology that likewise had a profound impact on our lives. Thanks, Michael. I’m going to borrow your delightful coinage to cover the Tandy 100/102, its younger, heftier brother, the Tandy 200, as well as its cousins, the NEC 8201/8300, Kyocera KC-85, and Olivetti M10.</blockquote>
:::—Gene Wilburn in '''Model T Joyride'''
:::''Portable 100 Magazine'', April 1991

=== Ambiguities ===

Occasionally, people use "Model T" to mean only the TRS-80/Tandy computers. To emphasize that one is speaking about ''all'' of the closely related computers, not just the Radio Shack variants, one can refer to their common DNA with the Kyocera Kyotronic-85. (For example, ''“Few programs can run on all of the Kyotronic sisters, but this one does.”'')

Even less commonly, some people use the phrase "Model T" to also refer to cousins which filled a similar niche, being portable computers from around the same era:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Cousins of the Model T
|-
! Brand !! Model !! Nicknames !! Notes
|-
| Tandy || 600 || T600
| Larger screen, clamshell case.
|-
| Tandy || WP-2 || WP2
| Portable word processor.
|-
| Cambridge || Z88 ||
|-
| NEC || PC-8500 ||
|}

User talk:B9

2026-04-02T14:59:08Z

B9: /* Invitation */ git

= Talk chalk walk =

High upon the white cliffs a pathway of black slate winds.

== Source ==

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User talk:B9

2026-04-02T14:42:28Z

B9: An invitation to write

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User:B9

2026-04-02T14:31:27Z

B9: Stub

Hello! I exist.