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I just recently ran across some of the great emulators for the TRS-80 - my first computer was a 4K Level 1 machine. The emulators have let me re-live by early...
Yep. I still have the cassette and the 'magazine' that it was covered in. I actually have 4 or 5 of those newspapers - I believe they died after that. Regards,...
I took out all the screts, and when I lift, the crt and all wants to go with the top part of the case. Am I doing something wrong, or should I just keep...
Hi Chris, Keep lifting. The Tube and video board are attached to the top part of the case. There are cables which attach from the power supply/motherboard to...
Yo thanks Aussie dude! Didnt know Trash-80s were popular in Oz LOL LOL. A number of interesting puters (see I say putuh just like an Aussie and in fact learned...
"Trusty-80" Please! That other term is only used by owners of Commodores and similar toy computers. Neil ... From: Chris M Yo thanks Aussie dude! Didnt know...
I was only funnin. The model 4 I got is a beauty, but the old battle-ship grey style (model 3?) is more to my liking (and more nostalgic imho). ... ...
ahem... Bill "Commodores are computers too" Degnan In a message dated 6/15/2006 1:11:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, neilsmorr@... writes: << "Trusty-80"...
I missed that part of the post entirely. Yeah, dont talk that kind of s**t around Bill. Hes even got some crustaceous old Commie booting up into MS-DOZE 1.0! ...
Commies are good as door stops. If you power them up the cat can sleep on them too. :) Neil ... From: billdeg@... ahem... Bill "Commodores are computers...
Did ya have a C64 back in the day Neil? Besides an Atari ST or possibly an Amiga (which both cost loads more) it was the funnest computer around. Pure fun in ...
I dont fish. I buy my fish already kilt in a can at the ubermarket. Nor do I get the point/joke yer trying to make. Are you sniffing Brut again? ... got away...
No. There was a guy who used to sell them next to our Radio Shack Computer Centre. He said he had an over 80% warranty return rate on them. We never had one...
no one's ignorant of their failure rate. They were cheap though towards the end (that was my 3rd computer). That original $600 sticker price was ridiculous...
In the trade papers they advertised the console as the razor and all of the add ons and software as the blades - supposedly you lost money on the razors but...
Does anyone know of a hard drive controller available for the TRS80 model 3 or 4? I realize that if there is one it is/was for the old mfm drives but I would...
... A 1.44mb drive is normally also takes 720k and the drive will autodetect by sensing the hole in the disk "sleeve" (and disregard the HD input). So yes. ...
... I know that it does *not* keep the TRS-80 authentic with the 1980's version, but I think someone needs to design a card that will take Compact Flash eprom....
If I understand you correctly, you are saying that a standard 1.44mb floppy drive would work but only with 720K disks. I was actually hoping to use them as...
Interesting. I know that all Commodore drives in the USA are 300RPM. There are a lot of emulators for the PC that can be used to read and format disks in ...
... how the ... even ... that ran at ... and double ... Standard 5 1/4" floppy drives run at 300 rpm. The high density drives are 360s (as well as 8" drives)....
... Does anyone know where to get *technical* information on the hard disk interface for each of the TRS-80 models? The software-level interface could be...
AFAIK, all models used the same system EXCEPT the 8 Mb drives. You could try Frank Durda IV on comp.sys.tandy Neil ... From: Mark McDougall ... Does anyone...
I have seven of the 9 issues of PROG/80 from Softside Magazine. I am missing #1 (March 1979) and #7 (May 1980). Anyone have copies of those? Anyone else have a...
Jim, I wouldn't bother with an older drive. The number of hours on it would mean that it will soon fail, if it's not already dead. A much better way to go is...
Hi: 30,000,000 sounds high to me. Was this for all TRS-80s or just the Model IV? Does anyone have production figures for the Model 1, Expansion Interface...