 This is one of the first laptops, or maybe it's one of the first tablets. I don't know what you want to call it. I'm Walt Mossberg. I have been reviewing tech gadgets since the early 90s and collecting them since the 80s. And I wanted to show you some of my collection. It's the TRS-80 Model 100, which is made by RadioShack. And this was my personal one. You can see I still have my little name label here. It used four double A's, is what it used, according to the label here. I used it at the Wall Street Journal to cover things because it was one of the first computers that had a built-in modem. It's a word processor, phone directory, and dialer. It even communicates with the office computer. Fletcher, how's that report? I think it cost about 12 or 1,300 bucks for each one of these. At one time, I remember them saying publicly that their biggest customer base was journalists. The Media Computer Network is the most efficient way to inform all the news media in only a few minutes' time. The journal had a lot of money rolling in dough in those days. Print was big, so they gave me the budget to buy one of these for everyone in the bureau. You could send your story to the journals, and what was on the other end was a printer that had a modem built into it, and it would print it out because the editing process was still paper. You'll go far. I think this is, I mean, I honestly think you could probably draw a line from this to the iPad of all things, because look, it's a single flat surface. It's not a clamshell. Granted, it has a tiny black and white screen, nothing like a retina iPad screen, but I think this, in a way, RadioShack at the time was kind of a power in computing, and then they went out of the business, but who knows? Maybe they would have had the first tablet everyone wanted to have at some point.
 This is one of the first laptops,
 or maybe it's one of the first tablets.
 I don't know what you want to call it.
 I'm Walt Mossberg.
 I have been reviewing tech gadgets since the early 90s
 and collecting them since the 80s.
 And I wanted to show you some of my collection.
 It's the TRS-80 Model 100, which is made by RadioShack.
 And this was my personal one.
 You can see I still have my little name label here.
 It used four double A's, is what it used,
 according to the label here.
 I used it at the Wall Street Journal to cover things
 because it was one of the first computers
 that had a built-in modem.
 It's a word processor, phone directory, and dialer.
 It even communicates with the office computer.
 Fletcher, how's that report?
 I think it cost about 12 or 1,300 bucks
 for each one of these.
 At one time, I remember them saying publicly
 that their biggest customer base was journalists.
 The Media Computer Network is the most efficient way
 to inform all the news media in only a few minutes' time.
 The journal had a lot of money rolling in dough
 in those days.
 Print was big, so they gave me the budget
 to buy one of these for everyone in the bureau.
 You could send your story to the journals,
 and what was on the other end was a printer
 that had a modem built into it, and it would print it out
 because the editing process was still paper.
 You'll go far.
 I think this is, I mean, I honestly think
 you could probably draw a line from this
 to the iPad of all things, because look,
 it's a single flat surface.
 It's not a clamshell.
 Granted, it has a tiny black and white screen,
 nothing like a retina iPad screen,
 but I think this, in a way, RadioShack at the time
 was kind of a power in computing,
 and then they went out of the business, but who knows?
 Maybe they would have had the first tablet
 everyone wanted to have at some point.