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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
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title: Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 200
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Portable
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origins:
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- U.S.A.
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years:
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- '1984'
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cpus:
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- Intel 80c85
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params:
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name: TRS-80 Model 200
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image: /media/museum/photos/tandy_model200_1.jpg
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company: /companies/tandy-radio-shack
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company_name: Tandy Radio Shack
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: TRS-80 Model 200
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Tandy Radio Shack
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- label: TYPE
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value: Portable
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: U.S.A.
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1984'
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- label: END OF PRODUCTION
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value: Unknown
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: Basic
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full-stroke keyboard, QWERTY
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- label: CPU
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value: Intel 80c85
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- label: SPEED
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value: 2.4 MHz
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- label: RAM
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value: 24 KB (up to 72 KB)
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- label: ROM
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value: 72 KB (up to 104 KB)
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 40 x 16
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 240 x 128
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- label: COLORS
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value: Monochrome display
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- label: SOUND
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value: Beeper
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 29.41(W) 20.95cm (D) x 5.08 (H) cm / 1.36 kg
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Parallel printer, Tape, Barcode, Phone, RS232, System Bus
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: None
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: 4 AA alkaline batteries or DC 6V 1.2W center minus adapter (Cat. No. 26-3804)
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: 3.5'' or 5.25'' external floppy drive unit, up to 3x24 KB RAM chips, Video interface
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- label: PRICE
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value: 'Original price: $999'
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tabs:
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- photos
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- adverts
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- docs
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photos:
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- title: CLOSED
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/tandy_m200_closed.jpg
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- title: KEYBOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/tandy_m200_keyboard-closeup.jpg
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adverts:
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- title: US ADVERT, JULY 1985
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subtitle: ''
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text: We love this photo!
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image: /media/museum/pubs/tandy_200_pub_s1.jpg
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docs:
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- title: TANDY 200 - OWNER'S MANUAL
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url: http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandy-200_owners-manual.jpg
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text: |-
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[**TANDY 200 - OWNER'S MANUAL**](http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html)written by Tandy Corporation
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compiled/archived by Charles Good\
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [www.club100.org](http://www.club100.org)
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- title: TANDY 200 TECHNICAL SERVICE MANUAL
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url: http://www2.asub.arknet.edu/wade/200sm.htm
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandy-200_technical-service-manual.jpg
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text: |-
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[**TANDY 200 TECHNICAL SERVICE MANUAL**](http://www2.asub.arknet.edu/wade/200sm.htm)written by Tandy Corporation
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compiled/archived by Wade Fincher\
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [WinTRS80 homepage](http://www2.asub.arknet.edu/wade/)
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- title: TANDY 200 - BASIC REFERENCE GUIDE
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url: http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandy-200_basic-reference-guide.jpg
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text: |-
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[**TANDY 200 - BASIC REFERENCE GUIDE**](http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html)written by Tandy Corporation
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compiled/archived by Charles Good\
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [www.club100.org](http://www.club100.org)
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- title: TANDY 200 - APPLICATION QUICK REFERENCE CARD
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url: http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandy-200_application-quick-reference-card.jpg
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text: |-
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[**TANDY 200 - APPLICATION QUICK REFERENCE CARD**](http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html)written by Tandy Corporation
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compiled/archived by Charles Good\
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [www.club100.org](http://www.club100.org)
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- title: TANDY 200 - TELCOM MANUAL
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url: http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandy-200_telcom-manual.jpg
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text: |-
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[**TANDY 200 - TELCOM MANUAL**](http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html)written by Tandy Corporation
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compiled/archived by Charles Good\
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [www.club100.org](http://www.club100.org)
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- title: TANDY 200 - MULTIPLAN MANUAL
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url: http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/tandy-200_multiplan-manual.jpg
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text: |-
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[**TANDY 200 - MULTIPLAN MANUAL**](http://www.club100.org/library/libdoc.html)written by Tandy Corporation
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compiled/archived by Charles Good\
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [www.club100.org](http://www.club100.org)
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comments:
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- author: Louisa Shepard (USA)
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date: Sunday 4th February 2007
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text: 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.
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- author: Mathieu Brisou (IT journalist) (France)
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date: Thursday 23rd March 2006
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text: 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......;
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- author: pugwash (UK)
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date: Friday 18th February 2005
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text: 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.
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- author: K. Curran (USA)
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date: Monday 27th December 2004
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text: 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.
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- author: Graham (Orange, CA)
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date: Friday 1st February 2002
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text: 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 $15 to take it off his hands but he packed it up and left. His wife yelled at him when he got back in his car.
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- author: Craig (Greater Vancouver, BC, Canada)
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date: Monday 20th October 2014
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I''ve got a Tandy 200 Portable Computer with original Tandy Portable Disk Drive and original Tandy Computer Cassette Recorder (CCR-82). There also seems to be something called LapDos by Travelling Software for the Disk Drive. Also a bunch of manuals and magazines.
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Photos at:\
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https://plus.google.com/photos/106516834062154384149/albums/6072410202411582033?authkey$CNCTmoP5k5v38QE
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If interested, email me at: cscratchley (AT) gmail (DOT) com
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- author: SUreal1r (Chicago area)
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date: Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Have Tandy 200 for sale\
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complete set includes couplers ,matrix printer,mauels and suitcase
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- author: Griffin Jones (USA)
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date: Sunday 13rd May 2012
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text: 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.
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- author: D. Curran (Ireland)
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date: Thursday 1st December 2011
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text: 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!
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- author: Chulang Searles (Barbados)
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date: Friday 18th February 2011
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text: any one has a T200 for sale reasonable please post here and let me know
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- author: ChAS (Russia, Moscow)
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date: Tuesday 8th May 2007
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Photo Bill Gates with Tandy 200\
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http://www.club100.org/stories/02/beer2.html
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- author: Fred van Deventer ('s-Hertogenbosch (NL))
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date: Monday 11th February 2002
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I just got one (for free). Judging the "documents" is has been in use by a local newspaper.\
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It is in a leather case but the cables are missing as well as the documentation.\
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Maybe I am going to use it as a terminal, just for fun.
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oc_id: 234
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230329070249/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=234
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date: '2023-03-29'
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The Tandy 200 was an evolution of the successful [Tandy 100](/museum/tandy-radio-shack-trs-80-model-100-102/). It offered more RAM and a bigger display. The computer was powered by internal batteries, providing up to 16 hours(!) of use.
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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.
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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.
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The main competitor of the Tandy 200 was the [Epson PX-8](/museum/epson-px-8-hc-88-geneva/). Note that several of the ROM programs were written by Bill Gates himself!
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Contributed to this page : Kaleb Marshall
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