On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 8:28 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote:
> Been trying to Google things, but not having a lot of luck. I understand
> both are white case, both have slimline drives, 12 had no card cage, I
> think I read somewhere that the 16 came with 68K std (no Z80?), and 12 had
> KB conn
cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Peter Cetinski
> via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 10:47 PM
> To: Jim Brain
> Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: TRS-80 Model 12 versus 16B
>
> The Model 16 was introduced i
From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Peter Cetinski via
cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 10:47 PM
To: Jim Brain
Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: TRS-80 Model 12 versus 16B
> On Apr 25, 2017, at 11:46 PM, Alan Hightower via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if the 16 keyboard circuitry will work with a 16B if I
> created a custom cable?
Yes, it can work with a wire rearrangement and gender swap on the DIN. See
this thread for details.
http://www.vcfed.org/
In a message dated 4/25/2017 10:24:42 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:
On 4/25/17, 7:28 PM, "cctalk on behalf of Jim Brain via cctalk"
wrote:
>Been trying to Google things, but not having a lot of luck. I
>understand both are white case, both have slimline
On 4/25/17, 7:52 PM, "cctalk on behalf of Jim Brain via cctalk"
wrote:
>On 4/25/2017 9:47 PM, Peter Cetinski wrote:
>> The 16B released around 1984 is essentially a factory upgraded Model 12
>>with the card cage and the 6Mhz MC68000 subsystem consisting of a CPU
>>card and 1 or more 16 bit memo
On 4/25/17, 8:46 PM, "cctalk on behalf of Alan Hightower via cctalk"
wrote:
>
>
>Jim, I'll have a 16B at VCF-SE this weekend. You take as close a look as
>you want. It has a single slim 8" drive, an internal 15MB hard disk, and
>an external 5 MB hard disk. It also has the 68K card stack with 7
On 4/25/17, 7:52 PM, "cctalk on behalf of Jim Brain via cctalk"
wrote:
>On 4/25/2017 9:47 PM, Peter Cetinski wrote:
>> The 16B released around 1984 is essentially a factory upgraded Model 12
>>with the card cage and the 6Mhz MC68000 subsystem consisting of a CPU
>>card and 1 or more 16 bit memo
On 4/25/17, 7:28 PM, "cctalk on behalf of Jim Brain via cctalk"
wrote:
>Been trying to Google things, but not having a lot of luck. I
>understand both are white case, both have slimline drives, 12 had no
>card cage, I think I read somewhere that the 16 came with 68K std (no
>Z80?), and 12 had
Jim, I'll have a 16B at VCF-SE this weekend. You take as close a look as
you want. It has a single slim 8" drive, an internal 15MB hard disk, and
an external 5 MB hard disk. It also has the 68K card stack with 768KB
RAM. I don't have a keyboard for it though. I bought a 16 keyboard
thinking it w
> On Apr 25, 2017, at 10:52 PM, Jim Brain wrote:
>
> So, the 16B has the KB conn on the machine, but the KB?
> And, the 16B has the Z80 motherboard, witht eh 68K in the cage?
16B keyboard is the same as the 12. Cord is on the KB with a male connector.
Female is on the machine.
16B has the sa
On 4/25/2017 9:47 PM, Peter Cetinski wrote:
The 16B released around 1984 is essentially a factory upgraded Model 12 with
the card cage and the 6Mhz MC68000 subsystem consisting of a CPU card and 1 or
more 16 bit memory cards. The 16B for a time was the best selling Unix
workstation in the wor
The Model 16 was introduced in 1982 and was an upgraded Model II with the
addition of an MC68000 subsystem that allowed you to run 16bit OSes, like
TRSDOS-16, CPM-68K and TRSXENIX 1.x. On all Tandy 68K machines and operating
systems the z80 ran in concert with the 68k. The z80 handled all I/O
13 matches
Mail list logo
