Gerade im Cafe beim #Retrofest2025:

#Amstrad #NC100 heute immer noch genau so nützlich wie damals. Und ganz ohne Ablenkung durch Internet oder Klicky-Bunti :))

Working order #NC100 must be useful for something

Just can’t think what

The keyboard is really quite nice

AT

OK

GSM Modem doing modem things!

#Amstrad #NC100 #WaveCom #Modem #RetroComputing #CuTEL

Goin’ surfin’ 😎 🏄
#amstrad #nc100

@ukscone @olimex
No need to duck, 40 years has mellowed me ;-)

In fact, Z80 assembler from BBC basic was on my mind, I've been driving my CNC with an Amstrad #NC100, which has BBC basic with z80 assembler too.

https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/NC_Series#Software

"The Linux PCMCIA support in modern systems is generally terminally broken and orphaned. The best approach is to load a very old Linux (2.4 era) onto an old laptop and use that."

The old laptop is no problem, but where can we find the "very old Linux" as a downloadable ISO image? #fuzix #nc100

Project #FUZIX on #NC100 reaches first milestone: FUZIX is running on NC100-Emulator nc100emu

@stevelord #Protext is great! Comes with the #NC100!

@EdS
I have a #Z88 and an #NC100. I'd quite like an NC200, but they're very expensive and probably not worth it.
@jonn_blanchard

And three of them (at least) offer #bbcbasic !

(I have an #amstrad #nc100)

(looks like the NEC PC-8201 offers microsoft #basic)

@jonn_blanchard

80x24? But a VT320 is a bit big to be carrying around... How about an SX-64, that was luggable?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_SX-64

I jest! #Amstrad's NC200 has a slightly better screen. But it's bigger and heavier. You get 16 lines of text instead of 8 in the #NC100.

I very much like the #Psion 3 - more of a palmtop than a laptop, but I have small fingers and could more or less touch-type notes in meetings. And again, great battery life. And a 16bit CPU!

#retrocomputing

@carbontwelve @bhtooefr

Have a look for a second hand #NC100 - A4-sized notepad with LCD, nice keyboard, serial port, great battery life, built in word processor, calculator, diary - and #BBCBasic complete with built in #Z80 assembler.

Here's a video review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h-mzMC-FYM

30-40 hours of battery life, according to the Q&A:
https://www.ncus.org.uk/qanda_hardware.htm

And there's a project to put a CP/M-like OS on it. And #fuzix too, I think.

#retrocomputing

@carbontwelve @bhtooefr