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Jamel Tayeb
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Jamel Tayeb's personal blog at jameltayeb.com covers hardware and games. Since 2019, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Field Dream Machine(s) (2014)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-25, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link this project log for its comparison of the NEC PC-8201A, TRS-80 Model 100, Olivetti M10 and Kyotronic 85, which share much ROM but differ in BASIC. One commenter points to it as a source on those differences.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
It's all about DIY, electronics, vintage computers, calculators, aviation, press, and more!
Most-linked posts?
- Field Dream Machine(s) (2014)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-10-26
What Hacker News says?
These are great little machines. If considering acquiring on of these, be aware that the NEC PC-8201A has a somewhat different BASIC to the better known TRS-80 Model 100, for it, while sharing large portions of the ROM, being compatible to NEC's N85-BASIC. You can read about these differences between the various siblings (NEC PC-8201A, TRS-80 Model 100, Olivetti M10, and Kyotronic 85) in this little project log here…
Comment linking /2014/12/21/field-dream-machines/
on “NEC PC 8201A”Submitted Field Dream Machine(s) (2014) as a story · 9 points
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