Let me refine that a bit...
AFAIK, the Model I and III had 64 chars/line, and a double-width character
mode, that gave 32 chars/line.
The standard way of switching to 32 c/l was PRINT CHR$(23)
At that moment, there was a reset of the screen and the video memory, and the
prompt ...
READY
>
...re-appeared, but double width.
But, there was also a POKE address (can't remember that one) that switched the
screen to 32 c/l WITHOUT resetting the video. At that moment, The Model I would
show the first, third, fifth, seventh, etc... column of the screen. So READY
became RAY. The same poke again switched everything back.
I think you played around with that POKE. The Model I/III was a fun machine, in
it's cassette version a bit like our Model Ts, all hardware, and there wasn't
anything you could break.
Ah, memories. The youth of today don't know what they're missing.
Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus
Jan-80 """""
@ work ( @ @ )
--------------.ooo--(_)--ooo.---
Be green, read from the screen!
From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Pettit
Sent: zaterdag 11 april 2015 21:26
To: Model 100 Discussion
Subject: Re: [M100] What is your favorite Tandy / Radio Shack computer ?
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
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