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- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 09:57:54 EST
- From: <RFM@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <93027.095754RFM@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
- Subject: Re: CPU's used in early Tandy's
- References: <C1Howz.nK@acsu.buffalo.edu> <C1IK5H.Bv3@acsu.buffalo.edu>
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- In article <C1IK5H.Bv3@acsu.buffalo.edu>, v462etnn@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (David
- L Anderson) says:
- >
- >In article <C1Howz.nK@acsu.buffalo.edu>, kist@acsu.buffalo.edu (james e kist)
- >writes...
- >>The TRS-80 I used the Z80 at ~1 Mhz, TRS-80 III used the Z80, but the 2.77
- >>Mhz model, and the TRS-80 Model IV use the 4 Mhz Z80A. What did the TRS-80
- >>Model II, 16, and 6000 use? Also, what was the original purpose of those
- >>three machines? (The Models I,III, and IV were mainly for home use. Were
- >>the Models II, 16, 6000 meant for business use, running networks, or what?)
- >>Thanks in advance for any help.
- >>
- >>
- >
- >The II, 16, and 6000 all used the 68000. They were meant for business use.
- >You could buy all sorts of "business" hardware, such as a hard disk unit that
- >used 8" hard disks.
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- I always thought the II used a Z80 chip also, but that the 16 and 6000
- went the Motorola route. Am I mistaken?
-
- BobM
- >
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