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The CP-300 (TRS-80 Model 3 compatible)

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First post, by filipetolhuizen

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Hello,
This very old computer was laying around with no use on our old flat for over 20 years. So I decided to hook it up and see what happened. To my surprise, everything was intact. It can be hooked up to any TV, has a Z-80 CPU @ 2MHz, 48k RAM and shows monochrome display only in black and white, no grayscale tones. This computer was manufactured by brazilian company Prologica in 1981. I'm using an iPad as a tape recorder to load the games in .wav files. Everything except for the PSU is inside the keyboard.

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The iPad or whatever is used as the tape recorder, goes in the plug on the black cable. The original tape recorder has all the 3 plugs for them. They are: Data In, Data Out and Remote.

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The CP-300 initial screen. Appears immediately when turning it on. No boot sequence is seen.

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Playing Armored Patrol 3D.

So simple and fun! 😀

Reply 1 of 2, by oerk

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I like the styling, looks nice!

And it seems like you had no trouble in getting it up and running.

Reply 2 of 2, by filipetolhuizen

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oerk wrote:

I like the styling, looks nice!

And it seems like you had no trouble in getting it up and running.

None at all. However, I could only load the games using an Apple device. Tried 2 Creative MP3s but they're not loud enough and my Nokia phone can't tell the computer when the game is fully loaded.

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