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cms07

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TRS-80
« on: February 05, 2012, 02:26:32 PM »
I've always had an interest in the computers of olde, and recently I found a TRS-80 in a nearby building. Does anyone have any experience with it? It looks like the Model III from Wikipedia (in my memory), but I think it has 64k of RAM, so I figured it might be a Model 4. What is a 'cassette drive' in this context (I know someone will feel old)? The model III has 2, and the model 4 has floppy drives, which I can deal with.
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Re: TRS-80
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2012, 02:32:12 PM »
erm... i think someone in my family owns one... its really just meant for collecting rather then using :P i used to play games on it when i was like 5... but tell you the truth the games were on the 5 in floppies which you prob cant find anymore :D

id pick it up ffor the sake of collecting nothing more
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Re: TRS-80
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2012, 06:22:53 PM »
Quote from: gamerz300 on February 05, 2012, 02:32:12 PM
erm... i think someone in my family owns one... its really just meant for collecting rather then using :P i used to play games on it when i was like 5... but tell you the truth the games were on the 5 in floppies which you prob cant find anymore :D

id pick it up ffor the sake of collecting nothing more
I guess that was a model 4?
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Re: TRS-80
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2012, 08:34:35 PM »
not sure tell you the truth i have not seen it in years i know they still have it. but im not about to call em up and ask :P and driving 1.5 hours to go look is also out of the question.
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Re: TRS-80
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2012, 11:15:02 AM »
i believe Trs-80 used a 8088 intel cpu. super old skool. pc made by tandy and i think it has a 40column display instead of the current 80 column. Radio Shack sold them in the 80s. thats all i remember. take some pics of the inside and outside and post here if you can. I love seeing dinosaur computers.
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Re: TRS-80
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2012, 03:33:53 PM »
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The Model I radiated so much interference that while playing games an AM radio placed next to the computer could be used to provide sounds

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Re: TRS-80
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2012, 10:09:47 PM »
Quote from: Mop on February 23, 2012, 03:33:53 PM
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The Model I radiated so much interference that while playing games an AM radio placed next to the computer could be used to provide sounds
LOL

Quite a useful feature, to be sure. This was how I got audio output from my TI-83+ until I started hacking the 2.5" link port.
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Re: TRS-80
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2012, 10:28:09 PM »
Quote from: Mop on February 23, 2012, 03:33:53 PM
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The Model I radiated so much interference that while playing games an AM radio placed next to the computer could be used to provide sounds

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i remember doing that but with FM with several devices that i have/used to have... quite entertaining :D tho never tried AM...
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