Re: Tandy/RS TRS-80 model 100
  By: Jamie Schnaitter to All on Fri Jan 16 2009 22:00:30

 > I just recently received a Tandy/Radioshack TRS-80 model 100. it is amazing.
 > that probably sounds weird coming from the person who is most likely the
 > youngest person on this board (15 yrs, the computer is older than I). the ne

Five or six years ago I was given an NEC PC-8201A (very similar machine - as
you've probably read by now, Kyocera was the OEM of the Model 100 and several
other nearly identical machines.)  I wouldn't want to have to use it day to
day, but much like you I find the machine very interesting either because or
in spite of its age, and I'm only a few years older than it.

 > thing for me is to get the goofy little tandy modem cable (dumb idea of thei
 > to make money). the thing doesnt have a RJ-11 modular jack, but instead a DI
 > connector, which u need to buy a cable to make into RJ-11. sigh. oh well. as
 > soon as i procure a method to connect it to my phone, i will attempt to dial
 > into here with it! lol.

An easy enough cable / adapter to build.  I put one together out of a DIN
connector (can't remember how many pins it was) and a phone jack about a year
ago.  I happen to have the Tandy Acoustic Coupler 2 that works with the Model
100 / 102 and I think 200, and my adapter was part of a project to patch that
coupler to other modems.  If I recall correctly, there was a battery in there
somewhere, too . . . I can't remember what became of that project.

Best of luck getting that going and then connecting to something at 300bps. 
Whether that modem will be able to negotiate a connection with one of its
"modern" counterparts (are there modern modems?) I couldn't say for sure.

dm
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