Even though it was on a dead end road and very quirky the Model 2000, a 80186 with 768k of ram, was the one I have the fondest memories of. I learned DOS 2.11 and even windows 1.4 on the Tandy 2K. And I only paid 110.00 for it IIRC at a Tandy tent sale in Fort Worth, back in about 1990. But the Model T class is the best.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Ken Pettit <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> > -- *"I will never in my lifetime make a film that cannot be seen by the whole family"* Arther P. Jacobs
