PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE RADIO SHACK VIDEOTEX & ALL THINGS RELATED

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Radio Shack TRS-80 Videotex

Motorola integrated the functions of many smaller chips from the Green Thumb Box into one chip: the MC6883 Synchronous Address Multiplexer (SAM). The SAM, VDG, and 6809 were used as the core of the AgVision terminal. The system was sold through Radio Shack stores as the TRS-80 VideoTex Terminal around 1980.

Photos of the Tandy R&D Videotex Sample Unit, provided to the FCC for review

Thanks to Tandy R&D Engineer Jerry Heep for the photos. 

Jerry was on the project team for the Green Thumb Box as well as the Videotex.

    Videotex Owner's Manual

    The S.A.M. Programming Guide

    Videotex Software Specifications

    Videotex Service Manual

    VIDEOTEX Bill of Material from Tandy Systems Design

    Brief Description of VIDEOTEX Operation from Radio Shack R&D

    This diagram was acquired from Jerry Heep along with other Videotex-related documents from his collection. 


    I haven't checked back with him regarding the header, "Videotex II"...

    Videotex System Registry

    The TRS-80 Videotex was a retail item available through Radio Shack Stores, but it was soon passed in the market due to the advance of software and hardware for other systems that provided the same connectivity. Here's our list of the known TRS-80 Videotex systems.

    Texas

    000180

    Texas

    000716

    Texas

    000770

    Texas

    000788

    Texas

    0001174

    Canada

    TBD

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