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- From: earl@trsvax.tandy.com
- Date: 14 Sep 92 09:40 CDT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
- Subject: Re: COCO vs Z80
- Message-ID: <193300273@trsvax>
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- In article <18tk41INNeoq@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> trier@odin.ins.cwru.edu (Stephen C. Trier) writes:
- >I've heard the same tale from many places. It seems to originate with
- >people who don't realize that "TRS-80" does not always mean "Model I". :-)
- >It is possible that Tandy built prototypes of Z80-based color machines
- >before developing the CoCo, and this might also cause the stories of
- >the Z80 CoCo.
- I find it much more likely that stories like this were promulgated by
- ignorant salesman, trying to look good. A salesman remembered that the Z80
- was in the I, II, and III (the III *did* come out before coco, right? I
- can't remember) and said "And it runs on the Z80!"
- Or:
- "Mr. Salesman, does this computer utilize the Z/80 CPU?"
- "Uh... Yeah, that's right."
- - greg
- Greg Trotter
- Norman, Oklahoma
- Internet: greg@gallifrey.ucs.uoknor.edu
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- Interesting trivia questions:
-
- Who made the Z80 add on cartridge for Tandy Color Computers? There were at
- one time up to three different methods being done.
- Who made the Intel 8088 add on cartridge system for a CoCo? I remember two
- different units, one with expansion slots one without.
- Who made the nifty 68008 cartridge unit for CoCo's? There was a cartridge
- plug in unit and someone may have come out with a board level plug in
- unit too (I had stipped using CoCo's at that time, so it may have never
- came about).
-
- All of these items were done in rather limited production runs, so they are
- quite rare today.
-
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- <This information is provided by an individual and is not nor should be
- construed as being provided by Radio Shack or Tandy Corp. Radio
- Shack/Tandy Corp has no obligation to support the information provided
- in any way. >
-
- Earl W. Bollinger
- @ <trsvax!earl>
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-
- "You were in the Clone Wars!", said Luke excitedly.
- "Yes", replied Obi Wan, "I was a DOS programmer. But that was before the dark
- times, before OS2."
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