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  1. 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.?
  2. 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.
  3. 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?
  4. 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.
  5. 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?
  6. 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?
  7. Has anyone else ever noticed the similarity between the Atari XE series and the vTech Laser 128EX? The case looks like it was designed by the same person. The color - even the label - is the same, and the style is too similar for this to be a coincedence.
  8. Didn't they release greatly improved versions of these apps on disk? How bad were they?
  9. I'm pretty sure 3" double sided drives exist. Amdek advertized them for IBM, and some Timex drives were 620k. I don't know if the Amdek Atari unit could be upgraded or not.
  10. Yes, it's compatible. Standard 34 pin edge connector. The FD-501 is SSDD though, so you might have trouble reading Model 1 disks.
  11. So are they or are they not 360k?
  12. I've been wondering about this for a long time, but never remembered to ask about it when I'm here. The XF vs. Indus thread reminded me. (If only my memory was as reliable as a worn out cassette.) I know the Astra "Big D" supposed to be the same as "The One" but with a second drive. Other than the parralell port, what are the differences between the XF551 and the Astra drives?
  13. Good greif. All I wanted was the Apple versions of my two favorite Commodore application packages. I had two choises. One was to dig though a wall to wall, floor to ceiling stack of boxes to find my Windows XP UMPC; downgrade it's operating system; order a cable; then try to figure out what to do with it. The other choise was to just order the program. Much easier. Appleworks and the Broderbund/Springboard/Mindscape applications are easy to find. Geos and Jane are not. So I asked a simple question. Someone just had to start an argument.
  14. 68000 Macs had a reputation for being much more reliable than Windows 3.x-9x PCs. MS-DOS was stable, but consider the size of MS-DOS vs MSX-DOS. They are supposed to be nearly identical, but the 8088 version is ten times the size of the 80 version. WHAT THE BLANK IS IN THERE???
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