5 Feb
2007
5 Feb
'07
4:42 p.m.
--- Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Firstly let me emphasise that my first computer was
a TRS-80 Model 1. And
I thus do have a soft spot for that machine.
Irrational, probably, but
there you are. I've got several TRS-80s now (M1, M3,
M4, CoCo, M100) and
all have proved _very_ reliable. Odd considering
other people's
expieneces, but I must have replaced perhaps a dozen
components _total_
in all said machines.
I guess this could be said about a lot of units, but
a coco in particular seems to be a pretty good way of
studying computer hardware initially. The 6800 was
fairly commonly used in sbc's back in those days, and
the 6809 is just a step up from that. I can't say
anything particularly bad about it's makeup, and I'd
bet it was way more reliable then a Commie 64. I can't
speak much of the other TRS-80s (except the model
2000, which few people realize WAS a TRS-80) never
played with any of them, and in reality a Z80 based
micro is probably an even better platform to learn on.
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