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]>
<mailto:[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] 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
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*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
