But still mostly a brand… the basis for the 80 was the Z80 in their early stuff, but like the Model 16 had a 68k in it. 😊 Plus even tho the II had a Z80 like the I, III & IV, I thought operationally it was substantially different and none of the I/III/IV stuff would work on it? (never used one, remember my grandfather having one at work, but that’s it) . Plus the 2 & 12 were very similar, but the 16, meant to be an ‘upgrade’ from the 12 was way different (being 68k based like Apple/Amiga products, but not as ‘hip’ as those 😊 )
--Chris From: M100 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Justin Poirier Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 8:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] is the m100 a trs-80? In walks like a, not is categorized as a 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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf of Will Senn <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 5:04 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[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
