30 Sep
2007
30 Sep
'07
10:51 a.m.
I think you are thinking of the last CoCo1 version,
which came with 64k
and in a full sized white case. It did have the same keyboard as early CoCo2s.
They are a little uncommon. I have one of these, and a photo on my site sitting
beside the more recognized silver CoCo1.
Ah, right...
I assume all CoCo1s had the older design of processor board with things
like discrete resistors for the DAC, while all CoCo 2's had the 2 ASICs,
one contianing the DAC, analogue mux, comparator, etc, the other
containing the cassette relay driver, 5V regulator controller and RS232
level shifters.
Early TRS-80 CoCo2s had the same (or at least very similar) keyboard, which
later changed to more sculpted full sized keys, which continued into the CoCo3.
OK... I got into the CoCo relatively late, when they were being sold off
by Tandy over here. All the machines I saw were late CoCo 2s... I liked
them so much (6809 processor and OS-9) that I ended up buying a CoCo3
from the States and replacing the power transformer to
run it off 240V mains.
So I've proably only seen the later keyboards.
-tonuy