Two oddball TRS-80 Model 100s. One is a one-of-a-kind prototype and the other has a blonde keyboard. @HeyBirt

Hey Birt! | Two oddball TRS-80 Model 100s. One is a one-of-a-kind prototype and the other has a blonde keyboard. @HeyBirt | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
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In this video we refurbish two odd TRS-80 Model 100s. One of them is a one-of-a-kind prototype from the estate of Tandy engineer Frank Druda (thanks to my friend Eric D.). Second M100 has an odd ‘blonde’ keyboard. Let dig into both and see how much the prototype differs from a production unit and get them both fully operational again.

Both units will be at Tandy Assembly 2024: tandyassembly.com

Timeline:
00:00 – Welcome
01:37 – Teardown of ‘Blondie’
05:55 – Tear down of the prototype
12:31 – Quick test on both units
20:16 – How to clean the DC input jack
21:43 – Prototype partial recap and testing
26:01 – Wrap up. Thanks!

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