Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 13:32:29 12/21/03
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On December 21, 2003 at 16:13:42, steven blincoe wrote: >"Mephisto The >>>Tiny German Genius" made by Hegner and Glasser. >>> >>>OTOH I may be wrong....interested what everyone says, and if I'm correct or >>>not;-) >>> >>>Terry >> >>I think you mean the Fidelity Travelmaster. Although "Fidelity" I think it was >>made in the Far East. This is fun!! > >hI RAY AND TERRY >although both answers show a good knowledge of dedicated computers, regretfully >only one answer can be correct > >The Fidelity Travel Master > >Released in 1991, it quickly proved to be a commercial failure due to the fact >that it had an unusually high defect rate >it seems the sensory board was to much electronics for a small hand held device >Fidelity even attempted to recall the unit soon after its release in return for >a credit against a different computer > >for this reason there are very few WORKING Travel Master's in existance today > >SCORE:CCC READERS...4/5 > >Traveling Regards >Steve Oppss, I'm wrong...Yes I remeber the Travel Master well, and never bought it. It was very buggy and it never dawned on me it was the first to meet your criteria. Steve since your knowledge is very high in dedicated units, could you tell us, in better detail than I, about the early Mephisto model I mentioned? Terry
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