@SilverDeth @Economic_Hitman @Suzu @j

> The battery life for the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100, the most famous portable in the line, was approximately 20 hours of continuous use on four standard AA alkaline batteries.

I get more like 10-15 on the rechargeable ones. I'd really prefer to get a DC adapter.

> The Model 100 also featured a built-in internal rechargeable 3.6V nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) battery designed specifically to maintain volatile RAM memory when the main AA batteries were being swapped or the unit was turned off.

I think mine still has the original one working in it. I got it second-hand so I don't know. I am probably the first person to post to fedi from a Model 100.

> We made wonderous things once...

My terrible ex, like, when I got the Model 100? I opened the box up, it had this little faux-leather cover, the manual is on this thick paper and is bound with a plastic-coated copper spiral, she almost cried when she saw it, and worse when, like, she opened up the manual and it had voltages and diagrams and repair instructions.

It's pretty easy/cheap to get a Model 100 from eBay because the things are built so well that they all still work.
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