Which Magazine Issues Contain Articles on the Tandy 600?
Portable 100 (a.k.a. Portable 100/200, a.k.a. Portable 100/200/600, a.k.a. Terry Kepner’s Portable 100) covered the Tandy laptop market from September 1983 until November 1992. The magazine’s bread and butter were articles about the Model 100 and 102. However, there were a few articles, letters, and tips about the Tandy 600 here and there. They covered the 600’s introduction with a 600 on the cover and a long story, “Tandy Takes the High Road.” The 600 was also featured on the June 1986 cover. The articles are listed in date order with the blurb summary from the magazine: “Tandy Takes the High Road,” J.D. Hildebrand, Portable 100, December 1985, Pages: 19 – 20, 23 – 24, and 27. They already have the largest selling personal portable; now Tandy is taking on the business market with the Tandy 600. It comes with a powerful word processor, spreadsheet, file manager, and more. It may be what users need, but is it what they want? “Shaking hands with your Tandy 600,” Carl Oppedahl, Portable 1
