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51-522: The computer's design, evocative of the TRS-80 Model 100 , features a screen with 80 character columns by eight rows, and not backlit, but this let the NC100 run for up to 20 hours on four standard AA cell batteries . There was an RS-232 serial port , a parallel port for connecting a printer, and a PC card socket, by means of which the computer's memory could be expanded up to 1 MB . The NC100

102-467: A notebook-sized portable computer introduced in April 1983. It was the first commercially successful notebook computer, known as laptops today, as well as one of the first notebook computers ever released. It featured a keyboard and liquid-crystal display , in a battery-powered package roughly the size and shape of a 1" 3 ring binder. The 224-page, spiral-bound User Manual is nearly the same size as

153-516: A 3.5" single-sided double-density diskette. This TPDD drive used the same DOS 1.0 format, which introduced the FAT (File Allocation Table) file system that was shared with IBM PC computer's at the time, which made it an extremely desired by businesses and government organizations. But, much to the joy of Model 100 owners, there was a second version released late in 1984, known as the TPDD2 , This TPDD2

204-582: A few hours after putting in new batteries. The laptop could function for considerably longer without using the disk drive. The backlight can be manually toggled off to save power by pressing the Control and Caps Lock keys at the same time. An intermediate version, the NC150 Notepad , was also produced, but was available only in Italy and France ; its case had the same design as the NC100, but it included

255-540: A flip-up screen featuring a backlit 80 x 16 character text screen and double the vertical pixel resolution as the NC100. The NC200 had a 720 KB 3.5" floppy disk drive able to read/write MS-DOS -formatted disks, 128 KB RAM, and some extra software - notably three Tetris -like games and a capable spreadsheet with rudimentary database capability. However, these changes required much greater power use, requiring 5 C cell batteries. The disk drive could only be used at near full-charge, which meant that it could only be used

306-555: A light source company called SLD laser. The company innovated a product that uses phosphor to convert blue laser light to produce a broad-spectrum, incoherent, high luminance white light source. Kyocera Document Solutions Corporation manufactures a wide range of printers, MFPs. and toner cartridges which are sold throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and the Americas. Kyocera printing devices are also marketed under

357-541: Is powered by kinetic energy from the user. The prototype phone also has a foldable design which is capable of morphing into a variety of shapes. In 2009 Kyocera sold its Indian R&D Division (Wireless) to Mindtree Limited . In March 2010, Kyocera launched its first Smartphone ( Zio ) since 2001, after focusing on lower cost phones. In March, 2010, Kyocera announced the merger of its two wholly owned subsidiaries: San Diego–based Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Kyocera Communications, Inc. The merged enterprise continued under

408-543: Is similar to other Microsoft BASICs of the time and includes good support for the hardware features of the machine: pixel addressing of the display, support for the internal modem and serial port, monophonic sound, access to tape and RAM files, support for the real-time clock and the bar code reader, and I/O redirection between the machine's various logical devices. Like previous Microsoft BASIC interpreters , variable names were restricted to two characters and all program lines and subroutines were numbered and not named. However,

459-566: The Copystar name in Americas and under TA Triumph-Adler and Utax names in EMEA (Europe-Middle East-Africa) region. This division is overseen by Aaron Thomas (North American division President), Henry Goode, and Adam Stevens In the past, Kyocera manufactured satellite phones for the Iridium network. Three handsets were released in 1999 including one with an unusual docking station which contained

510-676: The EMEA (Europe-Middle East-Africa) region. TA Triumph-Adler GmbH is located in Nuremberg, Germany and UTAX GmbH (subsidiary of TA Triumph-Adler) in Norderstedt, Germany. In July 2011, Kyocera's wholly owned Germany-based subsidiary Kyocera Fineceramics GmbH acquired 100% ownership of the shares in Denmark -based industrial cutting tool manufacturing and sales company Unimerco Group A/S. Unimerco had been founded in Denmark in 1964. Today,

561-613: The Iridium transceiver and antenna, as well as a pager for the Iridium network. Kyocera manufactures mobile phones for wireless carriers in the United States and Canada. Marketing is done by its subsidiary Kyocera International, Inc. Kyocera acquired the terminal business of US digital communications technology company Qualcomm in February 2000, and became a major supplier of mobile handsets. In 2008, Kyocera also took over

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612-473: The Kyocera, Yashica and Contax trade names until 2005, when the company discontinued all film and digital camera production. In the 1980s, Kyocera marketed audio components, such as CD players , receivers , turntables , and cassette decks . These featured unique elements, including Kyocera ceramic-based platforms. At one time, Kyocera owned the famous KLH brand founded by Henry Kloss , though Kloss and

663-454: The Model 100 can't handle, where 1924 would be used for 2024 in real life. Since the century of the date is not important for any of the software functions, and the real-time clock hardware in the Model 100 does not have a calendar and requires the day of the week to be set independently of the date, the flaw does not at all impair the usability of the computer; it is cosmetic. When introduced,

714-473: The Model 100 to display 40 or 80 column video on an external television set or video monitor via a single RCA video connector. Another popular feature of the Model 100 was its generous options to share files locally or globally via standard telephone lines. The 3 options were: 1) The built-in Hayes compatible 300 baud direct connect modem connected to a telephone line via a standard RJ-25 connector. 2) Thru

765-409: The Model 100, providing a range of customized application software. Only one optional ROM can be installed at a time. Some commercial software applications for the Model 100 were also distributed on cassette. The Model 100 ROM has a Y2K bug; the century displayed on the main menu was hard-coded as "19XX". Workarounds exist for this problem. Most people just use 19xx again instead of 20xx, which

816-450: The NC100 come from the software which is included in the firmware. Protext and the other applications were designed with a computer novice in mind - although experienced users can find and use a large array of more complicated features. Alan Sugar actually wrote the first chapter of the NC100's user manual in order to show that even he could use it. The design also included terminal emulation and XMODEM file transfer software which enabled

867-552: The NC100 to communicate through dial-up analogue modems. UK tech journalist Sue Schofield used one to upload a review of the NC100 directly into the online filing computer of the Independent newspaper in 1993. The review was written on the machine, and transferred from it over a battery-powered 300 baud modem. An upgraded variant, the NC200 Notebook , appeared in late 1993. This came in a clamshell-type form factor with

918-451: The NC200's 720 KB drive. Its user guide cautions against using the low-density floppy disks. The cases were off-white in color with blue and green stripes separating the screen from the keyboard. There were blue and green colored keys also. The Dreamwriters were retailed by Radio Shack in the U.S. for a short time in the mid-1990s. TRS-80 Model 100 The TRS-80 Model 100 is

969-632: The Radio Shack Model 100 showed the world what a light and small notebook computer could do, which eventually led to the laptop computers that we are all still using today. Cursor keys are used to navigate the menu and select one of the internal or added application programs, or any data file to be worked upon. The 32 kilobyte read-only memory of the Model 100 contains the N82 version of the Microsoft BASIC 80 programming language. This

1020-778: The United States called HORIZON (stylized in all capital letters and designated by year: e.g. HORIZON '98). The program's purpose was to acquaint these students with the Japanese people and their culture, and to facilitate friendship and understanding. The program was open to students ages 10–14; applicants were chosen randomly. The brand Mita was the first main sponsor of the Argentinian team Atlético Independiente , from 1985 to 1992. Mita also sponsored English club Aston Villa F.C. , appearing on shirt fronts from 1984 to 1993. Between 2005 and 2008, Kyocera also sponsored Reading F.C. and Brazilian football team Atlético Paranaense , having

1071-516: The acoustic coupler, which were basically suction cups that worked perfectly on pay phone hand receivers and served the same function as the aforementioned RJ-25 connector option. 3) The RS-232 serial port connected to a null modem adapter cable if transferring between computers that were right beside each other. And, with the built-in TELCOM firmware, the Model 100 was an incredibly convenient option for journalists and other professionals to work on

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1122-452: The company to create Kyocera Solar Corporation in Japan in 1996, and Kyocera Solar, Inc. in the U.S. in 1999. On August 4, 1999, Kyocera completed its merger with solar energy systems integrator Golden Genesis Company (Nasdaq:GGGO). In January 2000, Kyocera acquired photocopier manufacturer Mita Industrial Company, following Mita's decline and bankruptcy in the late 1990s. This resulted in

1173-516: The computer itself and adds to the value of the Model 100, particularly if it still has the pouch in good condition that was included to help protect the manual from damage during the owner's travels. The Model 100 was made by Kyocera , and originally sold in Japan as the Kyotronic 85 . Although a slow seller for Kyocera in Japan, the rights to the machine were purchased by Tandy Corporation and

1224-688: The creation of Kyocera Mita Corporation (now Kyocera Document Solutions Corporation), headquartered in Osaka, Japan, with subsidiaries in more than 25 nations. Also in 2000, Kyocera acquired the mobile phone manufacturing operations of Qualcomm Incorporated to form Kyocera Wireless Corp. In 2003, Kyocera Wireless Corp. established Kyocera Wireless India (KWI), a mobile phone subsidiary in Bangalore. KWI has established alliances with several leading players providing CDMA services in India. Kyocera Wireless Corporation

1275-462: The cursor movement and character deletion <Control><alpha> key combinations on the left hand side of the keyboard; the commands for activating Wordstar menus, like the <Ctrl><K> Block menu, were not functional. Invisible files in the system RAM named "Hayashi" and "Suzuki" commemorate the names of designers Junji Hayashi and Jay Suzuki. Another invisible deleted file named "RickY" refers to Rick Yamashita. The Model 100 firmware

1326-545: The default for floating point numbers is double-precision. The ROM also contains a terminal program , TELCOM; an address/phone book organizer, ADDRSS; a to-do list organizer, SCHEDL; and a simple text editor, TEXT. The TELCOM program allows automation of a login sequence to a remote system under control of the BASIC interpreter. As with other home computers of the era, a vast collection of PEEK and POKE locations were collected by avid hobbyists. The Model 100 TEXT editor

1377-568: The games later seen on the NC200. Both the NC100 and NC200 were licensed to a company called NTS Computer Systems in British Columbia and marketed as the Dreamwriter 100 and Dreamwriter 200 , respectively. These were the same computers apart from having only Protext and Personal information manager apps installed (no BBC Basic, no games, and no spreadsheet). The Dreamwriter 200 had a 1.44 MB floppy disk drive, an upgrade from

1428-487: The go for the first time and simply transfer files globally with the ease of saving their work on their external storage. In fact, it was common knowledge that the Model 100 was originally used extensively on the NASA space shuttle and was for many years, as NASA frequently showed video at the time of astronauts posing with them on the evening news. Also, Tandy/Radio Shack offered a first of its kind Bar Code Reader Wand, which

1479-471: The handset business of Sanyo , eventually forming 'Kyocera Communications, Inc.'. The Kyocera Communications terminal division is located in San Diego . Kyocera Corporation manufactures and markets phones for the Japanese market which are sold under different brands. Kyocera makes phones for some Japanese wireless carriers including au , willcom , SoftBank and Y!mobile . In May 2012, Kyocera released

1530-702: The mid-1970s, Kyocera began expanding its material technologies to produce a diverse range of applied ceramic products, including solar photovoltaic modules; biocompatible tooth- and joint-replacement systems; industrial cutting tools; consumer ceramics, such as ceramic-bladed kitchen knives and ceramic-tipped ballpoint pens; and lab-grown gemstones, including rubies , emeralds , sapphires , opals , alexandrites and padparadschahs . The company acquired electronic equipment manufacturing and radio communication technologies in 1979 through an investment in Cybernet Electronics Corporation, which

1581-641: The name Kyocera Advanced Ceramics. Kyocera's headquarters building in Kyoto is 95 metres (312 ft) tall. A 1,900-panel photovoltaic power system is on the roof and south wall of the building, which can supply 12.5% of the facility's needed energy, generating 182 megawatt hours per year. Between 1978 and 1998, Kyocera and the International Affairs Board of the City of San Diego sponsored an all-expense paid tour of Japan for students from

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1632-561: The name Kyocera Communications, Inc. Later that month, Kyocera agreed to acquire part of the thin film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) design and manufacturing business of Sony Corporation's subsidiary Sony Mobile Display Corporation. In October 2010, Kyocera acquired 100% ownership of the shares of TA Triumph-Adler AG (Nuremberg, Germany) and converted the daughter company into TA Triumph-Adler GmbH. TA Triumph-Adler GmbH currently distributes Kyocera-made printing devices and software with TA Triumph-Adler and UTAX trademarks within

1683-626: The original Cambridge design and engineering staff had left the company by the time of the Kyocera purchase. In 1989, Kyocera stopped production of audio components and sought a buyer for the KLH brand. In 1989, Kyocera acquired Elco Corporation, a manufacturer of electronic connectors. In 1990, Kyocera's global operations expanded significantly with the addition of AVX Corporation , a global manufacturer of passive electronic components , such as ceramic chip capacitors, filters and voltage suppressors. Expanding sales of photovoltaic solar energy products led

1734-554: The portability and simplicity of the Model 100 made it attractive to journalists, who could type about 11 pages of text (if upgraded to the maximum of 32 KB RAM) and then transmit it for electronic editing and production using the built-in modem and TELCOM program. Kyocera Kyocera Corporation ( 京セラ株式会社 , Kyōsera Kabushiki-gaisha , pronounced [kʲoːseɾa] ) is a Japanese multinational ceramics and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Kyoto , Japan . It

1785-478: The subsidiary is known as Kyocera Unimerco A/S, and comprises a tooling division and fastening division. In February 2012, Kyocera became the total stock holder of Optrex Corporation, which was subsequently renamed Kyocera Display Corporation. In March 2016, Kyocera acquired an international cutting tool company called SGS Tool Company for $ 89 million. In August 2017, Kyocera acquired 100% ownership of Senco Industrial Tools. In November, 2020, Kyocera acquired

1836-570: The time, but a hardware modification was available that made this possible. The Model 100's original form of external storage was the port for a cassette audiotape recorder that would lay alongside the Model 100. Eventually, the instantly popular alternative to the cassette tape drives were the Tandy Portable Disk Drive (TPDD). The TPDD was introduced in 1983 and was an industry standard RS-232 serial port connected device capable of storing 100 KB of data FM-encoded on

1887-493: The world's first speaker-less smartphone, the Kyocera Urbano Progresso. This phone produces vibration to conduct sound through the ear canal instead of the customary speaker, making it easier to hear phone conversations in busy and noisy places. This also benefits those who are having difficulty hearing, but are not totally deaf. It could be used across the world on CDMA, GSM, GPRS and UMTS networks. This phone

1938-486: The world. It became one of the company's most popular models of all time, selling 6,000 units in the first month, with over 100,000 units eventually being sold globally before being discontinued in 1991. The Olivetti M-10 and the NEC PC-8201 and PC-8300 were also built on the same Kyocera platform, with some design and hardware differences, which limited their compatibility with the Model 100. The Model 100

1989-495: Was a ceramic insulator known as a "kelcima" for use in cathode-ray tubes . The company quickly adapted its technologies to produce an expanding range of ceramic components for electronic and structural applications. In the 1960s, as the NASA space program, the birth of Silicon Valley and the advancement of computer technology created demand for semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs), Kyocera developed ceramic semiconductor packages that remain among its core product lines today. In

2040-404: Was appreciated by many types of industries for a number of reasons, including accounting for, tracking and ordering inventory with a simple swipe of the pen attached to a notebook computer. This was a game changer for companies that came to appreciate the ease and speed this little notebook computer offered them more accurate inventory control while greatly decreasing the cost of labor. In short,

2091-440: Was designed to be a portable computer which was simple to use. That was the brief given by Sir Alan Sugar (then chairman of Amstrad) to his design staff. The NC100 project was internally referred to as Alan's "Baby" and Alan Sugar himself tested the machine for usability during the design phase. The specifications for the computer were not considered important - as long as it could serve its purpose. The user-friendly features of

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2142-432: Was founded as Kyoto Ceramic Company, Limited ( 京都セラミック株式会社 , Kyōto Seramikku Kabushiki-gaisha ) in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori and renamed in 1982. It manufactures industrial ceramics, solar power generating systems, telecommunications equipment, office document imaging equipment, electronic components, semiconductor packages, cutting tools, and components for medical and dental implant systems. Kyocera's original product

2193-591: Was labeled as being for the Radio Shack Model 100 and Tandy 102/200 and could store 200 KB on the same 3-1/2" floppy as the previous drive. Also available was the Disk/Video Interface (DVI), which was also released in late 1984. The DVI, which could be bought at local Radio Shack stores with 1 single-sided double-density (SS/DD) 180 KB 5-1/4" disk drive. But, you could also place a special order thru Radio Shack to have your DVI built with 2 SS/DD 5-1/4" disk drives. The custom ordered dual drive DVI

2244-491: Was merged into Kyocera in 1982. Shortly afterward, Kyocera introduced one of the first portable, battery-powered laptop computers, sold in the U.S. as the Tandy Model 100 , which featured an LCD screen and telephone-modem data transfer capability. Kyocera gained optical technology by acquiring Yashica in 1983, along with Yashica's prior licensing agreement with Carl Zeiss , and manufactured film and digital cameras under

2295-547: Was noticeably slow in execution, especially for fast touch typists . This was due partly to the slow 8085 CPU and due partly to the slow response time of the LCD screen. Often after speed-typing a sentence or two, the user would have to wait several seconds for the computer to "catch up". A perhaps not well-known but documented feature of TEXT was that it partially supported the WordStar command interface. The supported commands were

2346-579: Was only available in Japan. Kyocera maintains production bases for photovoltaic cells and solar modules in Japan and China. In 2009, it was announced that Kyocera's solar modules were available as on option on the Toyota Prius . The company also operates solar power plants, such as the Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant . Kyocera sells ceramic knives via its web store and retail outlets under

2397-429: Was originally marketed as a Micro Executive Work Station (MEWS), although the term did not catch on and was eventually dropped. The 8K and 24K versions sold for US$ 1,099 and US$ 1,399 respectively. The Model 100 was promoted as being able to run up to 20 hours and maintain memory up to 30 days on a set of four alkaline AA batteries . It could not run from the rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries available at

2448-448: Was so rare that The Smithsonian Museum hasn't even got one on display, instead having to settle for the single drive DVI. The monitors used with the DVI were typically in monochrome due to the more desirable and less stressful to the human eye amber screen still being considerably more expensive at the time. But, regardless of the number of drives or color of the screen used, the DVI allowed

2499-508: Was the first to combine BREW capabilities and enhanced brilliant Color displays on entry-level CDMA Handsets, when it demonstrated BREW-enabled handsets at the BREW 2003 Developers Conference. In 2008, Kyocera acquired Sanyo Mobile , the mobile phone division of Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. , and its associated operations in Japan, the United States and Canada. In April 2009, Kyocera unveiled its EOS concept phone at CTIA , with an OLED and which

2550-472: Was the last Microsoft product that Bill Gates developed personally, along with Suzuki. According to Gates, "part of my nostalgia about this machine is this was the last machine where I wrote a very high percentage of the code in the product". Added applications and data files are stored in the internal battery-backed RAM; these can be loaded from and stored to an audio cassette tape recorder or external floppy disk drive. Optional ROMs can be installed in

2601-569: Was wildly popular. This popularity was further boosted by there even being a monthly Model 100 magazine that shared stories of people that owned them, including astronauts aboard the NASA Space Shuttles, and always included program code listed that was submitted by subscribers to the magazine. The Model 100 was sold through Radio Shack stores in the United States and Canada and affiliated dealers in other countries around

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