Tandy's First Portable: The TRS-80 Model 100

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It's September, which means that it's time to celebrate Tandy and RadioShack! In this episode, we take a look at the TRS-80 Model 100 Portable Computer.
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[@RetroTechToys]

I hope everyone enjoyed the episode! Did (or do) you have a Tandy portable? How'd you like it?

[@danaeckel5523]

I do have one of these. I bought it at an auction sale in the mid 90's, and the sale was held at an agriculture research lab. It also came with the crt expansion, however the ribbon cable had some broken pins so I threw it away which I regret today. Give me some credit, I was in my late teens! I have used it as a serial console for MS-Dos back in the day, and even just recently had it on the internet with the help of a raspberry pi converting TCP/IP to serial data. Using a BBS on it is quite painful.

[@RetroTechToys]

That's really interesting and it solidifies the claim that these were used heavily at research labs! Cheers!

[@douro20]

I used to have a Kyotronic 85. I also had an NEC PC-8300 but I never got it working.

[@TheInsultInvestor]

Yes I had one of these with the barcode and modem. I used it in the 8th grade to talk to my apple at home and take notes on a BBS I wrote in BASIC.

[@teaganj5867]

Today I learned what this thing actually is! Wow!

[@TheInsultInvestor]

I just bought the working one on ebay because I thought of some good uses for the RS232 port and video/security. Thanks for the reminder!

[@RetroTechToys]

That's awesome! Glad I could help!

[@geekwithsocialskills]

I use to own a TRS-80 Model 100. Pretty neat little computer, however I passed it along to a friend of mine who really wanted one for his collection. Side note you forgot to mention the Tandy 1000 TX in your introduction, but that's ok because I did a #SepTandy video on my 1000 TX :-)

[@TheSulross]

I have a working Model 200 - just love the mid-80s retro look of this computer; would really like to base new retro recreation computers (similar to Commander X16) on the Model 200 look - and especially its keyboard which is indeed rather good. The Model 200 also has Multiplan spreadsheet in ROM and has a cool integration between the full screen text editor and BASIC - can use the full screen editor to write programs and easily switch back and forth with BASIC to run and test them