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Why wouldn't I? I like and use 8-bit computers. I also like classic mobile devices. I want one that is data compatible with my desktops. Is this a problem?

Can I transfer data to the Portfolio with an 8-bit Atari?

The TRS-80 version used the joystick port.

An Apple Polisher? Very funny. Just when I thought I'd heard all the dumb names for Apple clones. Is there any information at all on the manufacturer yet?

One of the magazines - Antic or Analog, I don't remember which - reviewed and recommended the TRS-80 version. I'm not familiar with the rom differences.

Sort of. The first popular ink jet printer, sold as the Canon PJ-1080A, Quadram Quadjet, IBM Color Jetprinter, and TRS-80 CGP-220, can use roll, sheet, or tractor feed paper, but it does not have the tractor feed pins, it just pulls the paper through. In my opinion it's the best printer ever.

The Commodore 1084 has a switch to select positive or negative sync for digital RGB, but not for analog. Is the Analog sync positive or negative?

Is the Atari SC1224 sync positive or negative?

Assuming I have the serial interface and reqired software installed, so I can transfer data files between a Portfolio and my 8-bit computers (Tandy Color Computer 3, Model 4P/D, Apple IIgs/C+, Commodore 128, Atari 130XE) is the Portfolio's built-in software compatible with data files from the 8-bit applications such as Wordstar, Scripsit, AtariWriter, Bank Street series, AppleWorks, Visicalc, Multiplan, Profile, etc.?

Look for them on ebay. I got a set for my function keys from an Amiga dealer! They use the same plunger. Remember the top row uses different plungers than the rest of the keyboard, and I think the 128D keyboard might be different, or maybe not.

I always thought that was weird. All those Japanese brands that were household words in America, and none of them ever sold a computer? Oh, they *did* sell computers? THEN WHY NOT HERE?

I'd have taken anything I could get. I used Apple IIe's and a TRS-80 Model III at school. I almost got a Vic-20 at a yard sale for $20, then a TRS-80 Color Computer 2 at another yard sale for $10, but my mom, who knew nothing about computers, was sure they didn't work. If I had the money, I'm pretty sure I would have ended up with a Tandy Color Computer 3, and I have one now.

Floppy disks originaly came only in plain black. Later, they came in all colors, but still the plain color. Somewhere in bettween, these "Memo" disks were made by "Memron", a company I had never heard of untill I got two of them. These are the only disks I have ever seen with any kind of design other than plain blank. Did anyone else make disks like this?

When I was in low school I thought I wanted an Amiga 500. Everything I heard about Amiga sounded great, the 500 wasn't too expensive, and I liked the keyboard console style. I didn't get one. It seems when you don't have any money, not too expensive is still too expensive. Not too long ago I decided to look them up again. The hardware - A500, A590, 1084S, etc. - looked great, but even in the old magazines, all the software I could find was graphics editors, games, graphics editors, a word processor, graphics editors, and graphics editors. Ok, it has great grphics. I'm actually quite happy with micro illustrator. What else can I do with an A500? What other software was available?