The Model 100 included lower case. The cassette you show titled "Lower Case Driver" was intended for the TRS-80 Model 1, which originally only had upper case.
Radio Shack paved the way for a lot of the computer technology we take for granted today such as this first practical "tablet". It's too bad they are out of business.
Did you do any research before making this video? Does your Model 100 even turn on? The Model 100 has upper and lower case along with dot-addressable graphics! Did you bother to look at the date on that cassette before making up that line of BS? It's from 1979 and part of a lowercase kit for Radio Shack's first computer, the TRS-80 Model I. The Model 100 you're reviewing wasn't released until 1983 and has nothing in common with their I,II,III, 4 and CoCos. Also, that little compartment is NOT for adding RAM...one is an expansion port and the other a custom ROM socket. The case needs to be taken apart to add RAM internally.
Oh yeah! Am still using mine with a Disk/Video Interface (now with 3.5" FDD). Max out w/ 32K RAM & the PCSG SuperROM. Beats my PowerMac, iMac, & Windows 7 computers.
"TRS stood for Tandy RAdio SHack, we called it different things" You mean TRASH? That only applied to the Model I, II, and III and the TRS-DOS machines. There was nothing wrong with the 100 and 102, they were bulletproof. The 100 and 102 were computers that I wish I could have had at the time, but couldn't. Club 100 (dot org) is continuing to refurbish and sell them despite the founder's death, but I don't _need_ one now even though I can afford it.
*Introduced in late 1979. *That is where you add ROMs, not RAM. *It had upper and lower case, you did not need a driver. *It is 300 baud modem, not 300 bps. stackoverflow.com/questions/20534417/what-is-the-difference-between-baud-rate-and-bit-rate. We all mis-rememeber stuff, may want to brush up on actual facts though.
Do people still use these today?
Man, that almost looks brand new. It's in unbelievable condition. Fantastic little video. :)
The Model 100 included lower case. The cassette you show titled "Lower Case Driver" was intended for the TRS-80 Model 1, which originally only had upper case.
I used one of these in 6 and 7th grade. Saved all my notes from school on to cassette. Those where the days!
I had one of these. Loved it. So hacker and geek. Best keyboard I ever used.
Radio Shack paved the way for a lot of the computer technology we take for granted today such as this first practical "tablet". It's too bad they are out of business.
Did you do any research before making this video? Does your Model 100 even turn on?
The Model 100 has upper and lower case along with dot-addressable graphics! Did you bother to look at the date on that cassette before making up that line of BS? It's from 1979 and part of a lowercase kit for Radio Shack's first computer, the TRS-80 Model I. The Model 100 you're reviewing wasn't released until 1983 and has nothing in common with their I,II,III, 4 and CoCos.
Also, that little compartment is NOT for adding RAM...one is an expansion port and the other a custom ROM socket. The case needs to be taken apart to add RAM internally.
I have one of these and still have some programs that I wrote. Great little laptop..
I could never sell this when I worked at Radio Shack. Thanks for the memory. Good stuff
I used one as a word processor for a long time. It was a solid little machine.
Oh yeah! Am still using mine with a Disk/Video Interface (now with 3.5" FDD). Max out w/ 32K RAM & the PCSG SuperROM. Beats my PowerMac, iMac, & Windows 7 computers.
"TRS stood for Tandy RAdio SHack, we called it different things"
You mean TRASH? That only applied to the Model I, II, and III and the TRS-DOS machines. There was nothing wrong with the 100 and 102, they were bulletproof.
The 100 and 102 were computers that I wish I could have had at the time, but couldn't. Club 100 (dot org) is continuing to refurbish and sell them despite the founder's death, but I don't _need_ one now even though I can afford it.
Amazing, I never seen keyboard have display before 👏👏👏👏👍
Yeah baby yeah! Look into the Brantford (Ontario) PC Museum. We have virtually everything from late 70s and onward.
That was probably the first practical tablet computer !!! It's laughable now but it was serious technology back then, I remember...
*Introduced in late 1979. *That is where you add ROMs, not RAM. *It had upper and lower case, you did not need a driver. *It is 300 baud modem, not 300 bps. stackoverflow.com/questions/20534417/what-is-the-difference-between-baud-rate-and-bit-rate. We all mis-rememeber stuff, may want to brush up on actual facts though.
Thats not where you installed the ram... thats where installed roms. Ram was installed inside the unit.
Thanks. Next time, please point the camera in a way that allows to see the BASIC programs. Or we just see paper... But many thanks.
Touchscreen?
michaelboett173 HhhhAaaaHhhhhhhh!!!
Did anyone else besides me pop the keycaps off and put orthodontic rubber bands on the posts to quiet the keys?
Personally, I love the click. :P
I have and use model 100, 200 and 6oo
I had one too ...
My father has one of these!
If you can't afford a tripod, I can't be fucked watching