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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: TRS-80 Questions
Message-ID: <5664@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 13 Aug 89 15:18:30 GMT
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In article <12843@super.ORG>, mjt@super.ORG (Michael J. Tighe) writes:
> In article <5650@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
> > The model II was a business computer, and did quite well. It ran TRS-
> > DOS and CP/M. It was the basis for the model 16 (the first 68000-based
> > TRS-80, basically a model II with a coprocessor card).

> The Model II used the Z-80 chip. The Model 16 used the 68000, and had
> a Z-80 for I/O.

i.e., it was a Model II with a 68000 coprocessor card. In fact an upgrade
for the Model II was available. When it first came out, before the Xenix
port was done, it ran TRS-DOS and came with a 68000 assembler so people
could write 68000 apps for it. Needless to say, there wasn't a huge response
to that, so they added Xenix and made it a real product.
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