TRS-80 Model I

I remember the original Model I and the Level-II laden Model 1 (with numeric pad) had different ROMs and 12 kb more RAM. I'm sure others remember oodles more than I do about this. When I was a kid I tho't that the keypad was incredibly lame because it didn't have a comma key. The only thing I would ever use it for would have been typing in numbers in DATA statements so it seems like a dumb idea. Besides that the original case was marginally cuter! Gradually I learned to use the pesky number keys at the top of the keyboard and ignored the numeric pad completely. Even today I ignore the numeric pads because they don't have comma keys on them. Thomas Begin forwarded message: < Anyone know how many of the TRS-80 model I computers were made without t < numeric keypad? I remember a discussion a year or so ago where someone < the UK was looking specifically for one without the keypad. In checkin < through my collection, I only found one without the keypad, and am just < curious. Quite a few, I'd speculate over 50,000 for sure. The keypad was an option that was very frequently added though so many originals were keypadded, LII'd and 16k'd. It's rare to see a stock TRS80 that hasn't had factory and customer mods. Other common mods to the base console: * Lovercase chars, (add a 2102 and a jumper, etch cut). +++started as customer mod, then DEPOT repair mod.+++ * ^(CTRL) key so ^C and other characters could be done. ===Customer mod. * Cassette load mod, small board with 4040 counter and a gate to prevent cload hang under LII. +++Depot repair, factory LII mod+++ * CPU clock speed up (bump the clock from 1.7mhz to 3.4mhz). ===customer mod. Some companies also sold some of these mods as kits. Allison