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Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 200	Computers	Portable	U.S.A.	1984	Intel 80c85	name company company_name specs tabs photos adverts docs comments oc_id source TRS-80 Model 200 /companies/tandy-radio-shack Tandy Radio Shack label value NAME TRS-80 Model 200 label value MANUFACTURER Tandy Radio Shack label value TYPE Portable label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1984 label value END OF PRODUCTION Unknown label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Basic label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard, QWERTY label value CPU Intel 80c85 label value SPEED 2.4 MHz label value RAM 24 KB (up to 72 KB) label value ROM 72 KB (up to 104 KB) label value TEXT MODES 40 x 16 label value GRAPHIC MODES 240 x 128 label value COLORS Monochrome display label value SOUND Beeper label value SIZE / WEIGHT 29.41(W) 20.95cm (D) x 5.08 (H) cm / 1.36 kg label value I/O PORTS Parallel printer, Tape, Barcode, Phone, RS232, System Bus label value BUILT IN MEDIA None label value POWER SUPPLY 4 AA alkaline batteries or DC 6V 1.2W center minus adapter (Cat. No. 26-3804) label value PERIPHERALS 3.5'' or 5.25'' external floppy drive unit, up to 3x24 KB RAM chips, Video interface label value PRICE Original price: $999 photos adverts docs title subtitle text image CLOSED null title subtitle text image KEYBOARD null title subtitle text image US ADVERT, JULY 1985 We love this photo! null title url cover text TANDY 200 - OWNER'S MANUAL http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html null [**TANDY 200 - OWNER'S MANUAL**](http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html)written by Tandy Corporation  compiled/archived by Charles Good\  type of document : PDF\  source : [www.club100.org](http://www.club100.org) title url cover text TANDY 200 TECHNICAL SERVICE MANUAL http://www2.asub.arknet.edu/wade/200sm.htm null [**TANDY 200 TECHNICAL SERVICE MANUAL**](http://www2.asub.arknet.edu/wade/200sm.htm)written by Tandy Corporation  compiled/archived by Wade Fincher\  type of document : PDF\  source : [WinTRS80 homepage](http://www2.asub.arknet.edu/wade/) title url cover text TANDY 200 - BASIC REFERENCE GUIDE http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html null [**TANDY 200 - BASIC REFERENCE GUIDE**](http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html)written by Tandy Corporation  compiled/archived by Charles Good\  type of document : PDF\  source : [www.club100.org](http://www.club100.org) title url cover text TANDY 200 - APPLICATION QUICK REFERENCE CARD http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html null [**TANDY 200 - APPLICATION QUICK REFERENCE CARD**](http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html)written by Tandy Corporation  compiled/archived by Charles Good\  type of document : PDF\  source : [www.club100.org](http://www.club100.org) title url cover text TANDY 200 - TELCOM MANUAL http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html null [**TANDY 200 - TELCOM MANUAL**](http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html)written by Tandy Corporation  compiled/archived by Charles Good\  type of document : PDF\  source : [www.club100.org](http://www.club100.org) title url cover text TANDY 200 - MULTIPLAN MANUAL http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html null [**TANDY 200 - MULTIPLAN MANUAL**](http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html)written by Tandy Corporation  compiled/archived by Charles Good\  type of document : PDF\  source : [www.club100.org](http://www.club100.org) author date text Louisa Shepard (USA) Sunday 4th February 2007 I have a Tandy 200 portable computer, with all the manuals, and even the couplers. I bought it in 1988 because I was working as a journalist. I used to to write my stories and send them to the newspaper, using the couplers on pay phones to transmit. Amazing to think about, really. author date text Mathieu Brisou (IT journalist) (France) Thursday 23rd March 2006 It was my first laptot. If my memory is good, Reuters or another big news company use it.. In fact, for a copy writer, this computer was the best companion! I baught it in rom 1987 and use it to 89. Excellent Keybaord, full view on sceren and a lot of other stuff... For me the 200 is a classic computer. Default? Yes! External serial fucking floppy driver, fucking extensions..... But...... I'd ll to have it again... My Lifebook from Fujitsu on Windows 2000 is only worst......; author date text pugwash (UK) Friday 18th February 2005 The scottish sunday newspaper The Sunday Post had a reporter called 'Tandy Man'. He journeyed the country reporting on various events and sent his stories in using his Tandy Model 200. author date text K. Curran (USA) Monday 27th December 2004 The 200 was the first computer I purchased. I was working for NBC at the time. It was used by all of their correspondents and producers for access to the network's mainframe computer. Some of the NBC users even wrote BASIC programs that matched up with the network's expense reports and other paperwork. They even wrote one that allowed the computer to perform the theme to "I Love Lucy"! I was still able to use it as late as 1999 for filing stories to UPI. It was a remarkably flexible unit. The spreadsheet program allowed me to track the revenues of two groups of salespeople and do month to month and year to year comparisons. The machine had an AC adapter or operated on four AA batteries. I cannot remember how much I paid for it, it was a few hundred dollars (I picked it up in Delaware to avoid a big sakes tax hit). You could hook it directly into a telephone line or you could buy an "acoustic coupler" that allowed you to communicate through a telephone handset. author date text Graham (Orange, CA) Friday 1st February 2002 I actually had a customer present one of these babies to me asking if I could install Windows on it for him. After I regained my composure i explained to him that this computer was 17 years old which he replied "But the guy who sold it to me for $100 dollars said it would connect to the internet. I briefly explained what the internet was when his "computer" was in use. I offered him $15 to take it off his hands but he packed it up and left. His wife yelled at him when he got back in his car. author date text Craig (Greater Vancouver, BC, Canada) Monday 20th October 2014 I''ve got a Tandy 200 Portable Computer with original Tandy Portable Disk Drive and original Tandy Computer Cassette Recorder (CCR-82). There also seems to be something called LapDos by Travelling Software for the Disk Drive. Also a bunch of manuals and magazines. Photos at:\ https://plus.google.com/photos/106516834062154384149/albums/6072410202411582033?authkey$CNCTmoP5k5v38QE If interested, email me at: cscratchley (AT) gmail (DOT) com author date text SUreal1r (Chicago area) Wednesday 31st October 2012 Have Tandy 200 for sale\ complete set includes couplers ,matrix printer,mauels and suitcase author date text Griffin Jones (USA) Sunday 13rd May 2012 Do the key caps come off easily? There''s a hefty amount of dirt beneath my keyboard and I don''t want to ruin any of the keys. author date text D. Curran (Ireland) Thursday 1st December 2011 Back in the 1980''s I worked for a Tandy dealership in Dublin. We had great success with the T102 and T200 with all of the national newspapers. As other posters have mentioned, the simplicity of both machines and the battery life (on 4xAA''s) along with an inbuilt 300baud Bell Modem, meant that these machines were ''journalist-proof''. Indeed when they were discontinued and the papers were forced to move to standard laptops, we experienced many more support calls. We even sourced software for laptops which emulated the T102/200''s inbuilt simple text processing software! author date text Chulang Searles (Barbados) Friday 18th February 2011 any one has a T200 for sale reasonable please post here and let me know author date text ChAS (Russia, Moscow) Tuesday 8th May 2007 Photo Bill Gates with Tandy 200\ http://www.club100.org/stories/02/beer2.html author date text Fred van Deventer ('s-Hertogenbosch (NL)) Monday 11th February 2002 I just got one (for free). Judging the "documents" is has been in use by a local newspaper.\ It is in a leather case but the cables are missing as well as the documentation.\ Maybe I am going to use it as a terminal, just for fun. 234 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230329070249/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=234 2023-03-29

The Tandy 200 was an evolution of the successful Tandy 100. It offered more RAM and a bigger display. The computer was powered by internal batteries, providing up to 16 hours(!) of use.

A lot of utilities were in ROM: a telecommunication program (telcom) which used the built-in modem, MSPLAN spreadsheet (light version of Multiplan), text editor, calendar, address book and BASIC Programming Language.

3.5" floppy disk drives could be connected via the RS-232. There were actually 2 drives made by Tandy for the Model T computers. The TPDD held 100KB whereas the TPDD2 held 200KB. The TPDD2 could read the TPDD disks. They both used 720k floppies. A video interface was also available, it offered a new display resolution (80 columns X 24 lines) on any external video display unit.

The main competitor of the Tandy 200 was the Epson PX-8. Note that several of the ROM programs were written by Bill Gates himself!

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