However, if you are loading a machine language program, you need to know at least the first letter of the name.Įxpect most programs to take many minutes to load in (it could be as much as 10 minutes or so). If you are loading a BASIC program, you don't need to know this name. In a diskless System 80, both types of programsĪre normally loaded from cassette tapes using the built-in cassette deck, or the external one.Īll programs on tape have a name of up to six letters from which they can be identified by the computer. There are two types of programs a waiting The System 80 is now ready to take commands You have arrived at the CLI for the machine.įigure 2. Is now initialized and ready for commands. Normally, on seeing the READY?Īt initialization all that is required is to simply press the key.Ĭommonly not) you will then be presented at the bottom of the screen withĪ "READY" followed by a ">" (Figure 2). The first thing you should see when a diskless System 80 is switched on Subsequent BASIC programs, which will reside at a lower location.įigure 1. Locations at 32000 decimal and above will be safe from the workings of
If a number is typed in next to the READY? (say 32000) then all memory To reserve some memory space for special machine language routines. This says "MEMORY SIZE? or MEM SIZE?") (Figure 1). Top of the screen that says "READY?" (in the TRS-80 Model 1 See when turning on a diskless System 80 machine (or emulator) is a message at the Is included in ROM, which initializes when the machine is switched on. The unexpanded System 80 uses the computer
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Software loading commands differedĬonsiderably depending on which configuration was being used. Whispered about in awe. These properties were similar to other early 8-bit computers of the time.
The computer was operated by typing in commands by way of a command line interface (CLI).
running more than one program at a time) and the video was monochrome. System 80 had no windows, no mouse, no touch-screens and no Internet. The only differences are the words displayed on start-up (see below) and that the key is labeled in the TRS-80 Model 1. These instructions are also applicable to the TRS-80 Model 1.
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With the System 80 (and its equivalents) but who want to know how to operate the "beast",Įither so they can boot up a real one, or at least follow the documentation in the various emulatorsĪvailable on this site and so try some of the software. This page is for all those people unfamiliar
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