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From: whit@milton.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: BASIC MICROCONTROLLER NEEDED
Keywords: BASIC micro controller
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.232829.4089@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 10 Apr 91 23:28:29 GMT
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In article <505@mixcom.COM> jjwwjj@mixcom.COM (Robotic Systems) writes:
>I need a microcontroller with:
>
>    BASIC in ROM
>    Expandable RAM -- to at least 64K
>    Serial I/O -- at least one port
>    Parallel I/O -- several lines of each, input and output, would be nice
>    Maskable Interupts -- optional

>Any suggestions? I'm interested in references and sources for data books.

	If you find them on sale (which happens periodically), a
TRS-80 Color Computer will fit all these requirements.  The price
is right and the documentation is available.
	I've seen the prices range from $35 to $129 on the 64k CoCo II,
which isn't too bad, all things considered.  The current model, CoCo III,
is pricier (and faster, and has 128k bytes of RAM).

	John Whitmore