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, chri...@macross.com 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 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> on behalf of Will Senn
> <will.s...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 5:04 PM
> To: m...@bitchin100.com <m...@bitchin100.com>
> Subject: [M100] is the m100 a trs-80? In walks like a, not is
> categorized as a
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> Looking for insight and reading material for M100 enthusiasts.
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> Will
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