FP-215 - Revision history

Carney: /* Accessories */ upgraded list to table

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Accessories: upgraded list to table

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	~~Item Catalog Number~~ Price Notes		{\| class="wikitable"
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			! Name !! Cat. No. !! Price \|\| Notes
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			\| Pen Black\|\| 26-1343 \|\| style="text-align:right;"\|3.95 \|\|
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			\| Pen Red \|\| 26-1344 \|\| style="text-align:right;"\|3.95 \|\|
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			\| Pen Blue \|\| 26-1345 \|\| style="text-align:right;"\|3.95 \|\|
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			\| Pen Green \|\| 26-1346 \|\| style="text-align:right;"\|3.95 \|\|
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			\| Dust Cover \|\| 26-0523 \|\| style="text-align:right;"\|5.95 \|\| [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-09.html?fb3d-page=43 didn't appear until RSC-9]
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	~~Pen Black 26-1343 $3.95</br>~~
	~~Pen Red 26-1344 $3.95</br>~~
	~~Pen Blue 26-1345 $3.95</br>~~
	~~Pen Green 26-1346 $3.95</br>~~
	~~Dust Cover 26-0523 $5.95 [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-09.html?fb3d-page=43 didn't appear until RSC-9]</br>~~

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Carney: temporary cleanup until I make a real table

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temporary cleanup until I make a real table

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	Pen Black 26-1343 $3.95		Pen Black 26-1343 $3.95</br>
	Pen Red 26-1344 $3.95		Pen Red 26-1344 $3.95</br>
	Pen Blue 26-1345 $3.95		Pen Blue 26-1345 $3.95</br>
	Pen Green 26-1346 $3.95		Pen Green 26-1346 $3.95</br>
	Dust Cover 26-0523 $5.95 [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-09.html?fb3d-page=43 didn't appear until RSC-9]		Dust Cover 26-0523 $5.95 [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-09.html?fb3d-page=43 didn't appear until RSC-9]</br>

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Carney: Created page with "{{NavHardware}} The '''Radio Shack TRS-80 FP-215''' (Cat. No. 26-9113) is a color plotter. "FP" stands for "Flatbed Plotter". The 215 debuted in fall 1982's [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-08.html?fb3d-page=24 RSC-8, p.24], advertised as being available later (Dec. 12, 1982) at an "affordable" price of $995. Which it was, in comparison to the Multi-Pen Plotter costing $1,995. Since it was not a multi-pen plotter, it could only hold one pen at a..."

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Created page with "{{NavHardware}} The '''Radio Shack TRS-80 FP-215''' (Cat. No. 26-9113) is a color plotter. "FP" stands for "Flatbed Plotter". The 215 debuted in fall 1982's [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-08.html?fb3d-page=24 RSC-8, p.24], advertised as being available later (Dec. 12, 1982) at an "affordable" price of $995. Which it was, in comparison to the Multi-Pen Plotter costing $1,995. Since it was not a multi-pen plotter, it could only hold one pen at a..."

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The '''Radio Shack TRS-80 FP-215''' (Cat. No. 26-9113) is a color plotter. "FP" stands for "Flatbed Plotter". The 215 debuted in fall 1982's [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-08.html?fb3d-page=24 RSC-8, p.24], advertised as being available later (Dec. 12, 1982) at an "affordable" price of $995. Which it was, in comparison to the Multi-Pen Plotter costing $1,995.

Since it was not a multi-pen plotter, it could only hold one pen at a time, and the user had to change the pen manually if he wanted to go from one color to another in mid-job.

Later catalogs explicitly mentioned Color Computer compatibility for CoCo printers, but at this early point, the catalog merely indirectly implied CoCo compatibility by mentioning that the FP-215 has an RS-232C serial interface along with the parallel interface.

Having said that, the FP-215 actually has a CoCo-style 4-pin DIN serial port, enabling CoCo owners to use the cheap ($4.95) CoCo serial cable (Catalog Number 26-3020), instead of having to use the more expensive ($19.95) 4-pin DIN to DB25 serial cable (Cat. No. 26-3014) required by earlier devices with industry-standard (that is, non-CoCo) 25-pin serial ports... devices like the "TandyGraph" TRS-80 Multi-Pen Plotter (26-1191). Although the FP-215 was capable of operating via the serial interface at 1200 baud, CoCo owners had to set the device's DIP switches for only 600 baud.[https://archive.org/details/FP-215_Operation_Manual_19xx_Tandy/page/n11/mode/2up?fb3d-page=10]

=Accessories=

Item Catalog Number Price Notes

Pen Black 26-1343 $3.95
Pen Red 26-1344 $3.95
Pen Blue 26-1345 $3.95
Pen Green 26-1346 $3.95
Dust Cover 26-0523 $5.95 [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-09.html?fb3d-page=43 didn't appear until RSC-9]

=Resources=

*[https://archive.org/details/FP-215_Operation_Manual_19xx_Tandy/mode/2up FP-215 User Manual on Internet Archive]

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