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- From: cfs@cowpas.waffle.atl.ga.us (Charles Stephens)
- Subject: Re: CPU's used in early Tandy's
- References: <C1Howz.nK@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Organization: COW Pastures
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:33:50 GMT
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- 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.
-
- Well the 2, 16, and 6000 used Motorola based 68000 CPUs which
- where state of the art back then (32 bit in 1981). They were intended
- for business use. As a side note the 16 did have a Z80 in it as a
- coprocessor.
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- Charles Stephens
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