Hi With regards to the question about nationalization. The machine was especially made just for Norway and sold by the national phone company Televerket (also in later years known by their TELE logo). And as you "feared" that means that when you set the date you use: DATE$="DD/MM/YY" which is correct in Norway but not what you use in America. It also has the three special Norwegian letters ØÆÅ. Sweeden also made their own version. Also sold by their national phone company over there. This machine actually also sort of started the privatization of the national phone company here because small private businesses selling computer equipment did not like that they had to compete with the state itself selling the same computers cheaper. Looking back there was a lot of news articles about that ;)
I made a video about the Norwegian TRS-80 model 100 here and also talk a bit about the Swedish version as well: https://youtu.be/fBIWD59KSvI On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 4:41 AM B 9 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 7:35 AM Rune Devik <[email protected]> wrote: > >> [...] I'm completely new to this machine I still have lots to learn [....] >> > > Welcome! > > * I saw the thread regarding serial cable where flow control was discussed >> so that's something I'll keep in mind but it is now stable and reliable at >> 1200 bauds and that's plenty fast for me right now at least :) At 9600 >> bauds there's trouble however but not sure the m100 can handle larger files >> at this speed anyway. >> > > Go at whatever speed makes you happy. I find the higher speeds matter more > for interactive use, logging in to a remote system with TELCOM. > > >> * Thanks for explaining the M200 stat string. I'll try to explain that as >> well in the README but since I don't have anything to test on I probably >> won't implement support for this. The M200 was not really common here in >> Norway although it was sold for a short period of time. >> > > Not just Norway. I do not think the Tandy 200 was especially popular > *anywhere*. It was too expensive (US$1500 for the 72K model) and too late > (1985). One of the more positive reviews at the time said, *“It won't > match a desktop in function, but if you add enough accessories, it will > approach it in price... And it has more accessories than a Barbie doll.”* > Since > the T200 never had its chance in the sun, I'm quite happy to see more > programs coming out this year that make use of the T200's larger screen > size. > > But as much as I love it, even if you do add support for the T200's STAT > string, there is no reason to confubble your README talking about it. Keep > it simple for people who are new to the M100. (If you do want to add > support, do this: Before line 80 of M100Link.py, add `if len(connStr) == 7: > connStr=connStr[:5]` ). > > >> * I'll definitely test the LOAD "COM:58N1E" method from Basic as that >> sounds a lot easier! >> > > Yup, easier and more capable. Of course you still need a program on the PC > side to copy text files into or out of the serial port, which is where > software like yours comes in handy. > > > >> Currently working my way through: Mastering Basic on the TRS-80 Model >> 100: >> https://archive.org/details/MasteringBasicOnTheTrs80Model100/page/n88/mode/1up >> :) >> > > Oh, interesting book. It demonstrates exactly the kind of new user > difficulty I was mentioning in the other thread: After a file has been > SAVEd as a .BA, the author's first suggestion of how to store the file > after modifying it is to type `NEW` since `SAVE` will give an error! > https://archive.org/details/MasteringBasicOnTheTrs80Model100/page/n84/mode/1up > (I may be mistaken, but this does not seem like good advice to me since > `NEW` will lose programs that do not have filenames yet.) > > It's great that you've already written a useful utility for the Model T > when you barely have gotten started. I look forward to seeing what else > you'll come out with as you learn more. > > —b9 > > P.S. Is your Model 100 nationalized for use in Norway or perhaps Europe? > If so, is the DATE$ in the American ordering? I'm curious because when I > added the ability to play a different day's Wordle to Brad Grier's M100LE > <https://github.com/bgri/m100LE> game, I ended up presuming all Radio > Shack portables were MM/DD/YY, all NECs used YY/MM/DD, and the Kyocera and > Olivetti computers always used DD/MM/YY. > > -- mvh, Rune Devik
