[salgernon]

I gave my daughters TRS 80 model 100 computers for their tenth birthdays. It has a 8085 processor and really a quite powerful basic (the last software bill gates worked on, and its not bad) with a bit mapped display. They run for weeks on 4 Aa batteries and have a better keyboard than most modern laptops. here is an emulator available, but since they go for about $30 on eBay, I like having the real thing.

[tluyben2]

I bought a box of these recently and they are really great; I used to have TRS 80 III and 4 so when I saw I box (don't hit me) of model 100s for 10 euros I bought it. They're a very nice addition to my museum and batteries last forever. The box had 1 Sharp PC-1211 too. Talking about battery life :)

What always amuses me is that my computers from around 2000 are not working anymore (heck, most laptops I have from the past 10 years are not even booting anymore) while computers from my parents basement which are around 30 years old just work like they just came from the shop. Even the Philips computers from that time who had known capacitor issues in the power circuitry work like time didn't happen.