TRS-80 Model I

[Jim Leonard]

Roger Merchberger wrote:
> The last two - the HX & EX, were all-in-one units with the keyboard 
> built-into the system unit, one floppy, minimal and specialized 
> expansion - maybe those didn't have DMA???

Internally they had DMA as well (there were hard drive expansions for 
them at some point).

I'm pretty sure you're thinking of the PCjr, which has the distinction 
of being the only IBM PC compatible that is *slower* than the original 
machine due to slow RAM (first 128K) and lack of DMA.  Later upgrades 
added faster RAM and DMA, but on stock delivery, it was slower.

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