And to add to the confusion, there are 2 M100 in the world that actually do use a Z80!
On Thursday, September 29, 2022, Justin Poirier <[email protected]> wrote: > TRS-80 starts for "Tandy Radio Shack" and "Z80 microprocessor." The > M100/T102/T200 have an Intel 80C51 microcontroller, not a Zilog Z80, like > the Model I, II, III, IV had, and even worse the TRS-80 Color Computers > have a Motorola 6809, so even in themselves, they were not consistent in > sticking to their own brand. > > --Justin > > On Wed, 2022-09-28 at 17:09 -0400, [email protected] wrote: > > TRS80 is a brand. There are substantial differences between the different > models for the most part. Especially ones like the Model II. The 1, 3 and > 4 had some limited compatibility but stuff written for one wouldn't > necessarily work in the other. (Except that in theory you could boot a 4 > into 3 mode to run 3 apps, but that wasn't really 'compatible' ). So the > 100 and 102 (where brand changed to Tandy) are like the rest and different > :). > > > Oh and don't forget the whole color computer series was vastly different > from the gray box models :) > > --Chris > > ------------------------------ > *From:* M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Will Senn < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 5:04 PM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [M100] is the m100 a trs-80? In walks like a, not is > categorized as a > > > I've been reading around a bit (all over the world actually) and there's a > lot of stuff written about and for the TRS-80... as though it's a machine, > not a designation. I wonder, just how close is an m100 to these TRS-80's > (Model 1, 2, 3, etc)? Should I concentrate on stuff that's written > specifically about the M100? Or, will any old TRS-80 book or magazine or > zine (TRS8BIT) do? It's pretty confusing. > > I do realize that there are significant differences in hardware and screen > stuff - color, res, etc. But by and large is an m100 a "TRS-80" in that I > can reuse code from one to the other comfortably (sans specific hardware > references), or should I not waste my time? > > Looking for insight and reading material for M100 enthusiasts. > > Will > >
