From: richvh@citlink.net   
      
   Knut Roll-Lund wrote:   
   > Richard VanHouten wrote:   
   >> Herb Oxley wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Thanks for posting that, Frank - the TRS-80 4P was my first 'desktop'   
   >>> computer which I bought back around 1985 when T/RS was trying to get   
   >>> rid of them (my experience with its less than robust display coupled   
   >>> by RS marketing practises really soured me on Tandy hardware).   
   >>> It was worth while though as a learning experience :)   
   >>>   
   >>> I really wish Logical Systems/MISOSYS had offered an LS-DOS/86 for   
   >>> the IBM-PC platform (with enhancements to take advantage of the   
   >>> additional RAM and address space ); anyone hazard a guess why that   
   >>> never happened?   
   >>>   
   >>> So which entity would care at this late date about the code in the   
   >>> TRS ROMS (MODELA/III)?   
   >>> Microsoft? Whoever wound up with the bankrupt corpse of AST?   
   >>>   
   >>> Was the BASIC in the TRS-80 I/III ROMS a work-for-hire where Tandy   
   >>> had all the rights; or did Microsoft retain rights ?   
   >>>   
   >> My understanding is that the Model I Level II BASIC was licensed from   
   >> Microsoft, but the Model III Basic was an in-house production (though   
   >> I may be wrong.)   
   >   
   > Model III/4 ROM basic is the same as Model I level II (Microsoft's) with   
   > some I/O changes. Changes are for Cassette I/O mainly, the delay   
   > routine, some messages. III/4 in ROM basic will run at 2MHz instead of   
   > 1.76MHz so timing had to be changed.   
   >   
   I know the operation is the same (with those exceptions), but I believe   
   Tandy made enough changes that it held a Tandy rather than a Microsoft   
   copyright.  Maybe Frank or one of the other Tandy veterans would like to   
   comment?   
      
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