No, just Model III BASIC gave you a Prompt like this: Ready >
If you switch to 40 column mode, the software made every other character wider and dropped the other characters. So it would keep the 'R', 'a', and 'y' characters and stop the 'e' and 'd'. Just the way the switch from 80 to 40 col mode worked. It was just random that it spelled "Ray", and that the guy who managed the local Radio Shack was named Ray. :) Ken On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Joe Grubbs <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe a dumb question, but was the "Ray" prompt a bug or something Ray did > to personalize his ROM? > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 10:50:31 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [M100] What is your favorite Tandy / Radio Shack computer ? > > > I learned on a model 1 and then had a coco. I liked the model 1 the most. > mike > > > On 4/11/2015 9:38 AM, Ken Pettit wrote: > > I learned on the Model I, but I think the Model III was my favorite, other > than the M100. I never had enough money to purchase a Model III (I was in > 8th grade), but luckily Ray, the guy who ran the local Radio Shack let me > spend every afternoon sitting in front of their demo Model I / Model III. > > Interestingly, I recall showing Ray that if you change the Model III > from 80 column to 40 column mode, the BASIC "Ready" prompt would turn into > "Ray" :) > > Ken > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Joe Grubbs <[email protected]> wrote: > > Given that the CoCo was my first computer and is where I learned to > program, it has to be my favorite. > > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Duane Calvillo" <[email protected]> > Sent: April 10, 2015 7:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [M100] What is your favorite Tandy / Radio Shack computer ? > > Does anyone remember the TRS 80 Color computer? Which Tandy / Radio > Shack computer is your favorite > > https://archive.org/details/Tandy_TRS80_Color_Computer_TOSEC_2012_04_23 > > > >
