The same thing is in the TPDD1 manual too, just at 9600 instead of 19200, and they don't word it as a suggestion in either one, it is just the directions full stop.
I think the way to stop thinking it's "wrong" is to realize, simply, these are not directions for how to operate your com port, they are directions for how to operate a peripheral. Those are two different jobs. It's ok that the directions for the disk drive says something slightly different than the manual for the 100. The disk drives directions job is only to make the disk drive work. It's not telling you "here is how your com port works, do this every time you want to use the com port" and it doesn't say anything like that, so the only error is in reading anything else into that. bkw On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 9:00 AM Jeffrey Birt <[email protected]> wrote: > A few eagle-eyed viewers noticed I used a slightly incorrect configuration > string in the Backpack Quick Start video. This generalized configuration > string was used as it works on the model 100, 102, and 200 and in fact was > suggested in the TANDY TPDD2 manual. But how can it still work if it’s > wrong? In this video we take a quick look at why using an incorrect COM > configuration string on the TRS-80 Model 100 / Tandy 102 still works. Join > us and find out. > > > > https://youtu.be/auUjU8hdyJo > > > > Jeff Birt (Hey Birt!) >
