Hello all, I am really bummed this computer is not working now. When I lasted used it, it was working fine. I put it away for about a year and decided to get...
It's a Model 100 (8K)26-3801. One more thing I forgot to mention is that when I turn the switch off, the "low battery" red light flashes on very briefly. So...
At the risk of sounding stupid, did you try adjusting the contrast control? The low battery light flashes briefly when you turn it off, because the battery is...
Yeah the contrast control was the first thing I looked at. From what I read from the feedback provided was to try a different set of batteries? Maybe a...
Uhhhh... Model 100. Mine runs on 4 regular AA batteries. No need to recharge or anything, right now it's using some from the 99c store. Or is it the memory...
I checked the 4 double AA batteries before I put them in. They were all fine. I am not aware that there's another battery. Where's the memory battery...
There is an internal NiCd battery. When this goes flat, or starts having problems holding its charge, all kinds of strange problems will occur. Kelly Leavitt ...
The Model 100's backup battery is soldered to the motherboard. They usually live a lot longer than they were designed to live so yours could still be good,...
I think I may know why I'm having problems. When I put this away it had charged batteries, but they were dead when I tried to get this up and running again....
I bought recently a 5 Meg Hard drive (Cat: 26-1130). When I power on the drive, the green light does not come on, there could be something wrong with the...
For a long time my 5 MB hard drive ran with only the red light. I have not tried it lately, but it worked properly last time I tried it. By the way, people...
Bob Doerr
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Dec 19, 2006 11:11 am
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Bob, I will hook it to a Model III and see how it goes then. I have a LDOS 5.3.1 for booting a model III to a hard drive and the proper cable. Regarding...
The active light may not come on if it is not connected to a computer. I forget the specifics of this. There is a PDF file on Ira's site that explains how to...
But what did you determine? Did adjusting contrast show that the screen was receiving the proper voltages? - Mark ... Maybe a different chemistry battery? ... ...
Hi, everyone. I joined this group a few weeks ago. First, let me say that I'm thrilled to see that the TRS-80 still has such a following! I have wonderful...
Did you look at the files and links section here? Good places for manuals and books are http://asub.arknet.edu/wade/wintrs80.htm http://www.trs-80.com/ also...
Thanks! I had looked at Ira's site, but hadn't thought (DOH!) to look in the Manuals section. He has the entire manual that I was looking for! Awesome! Now for...
The connection of the external floppy disks depends on the board revision of the Model 4. For the non gate array models the connection is shown in the ...
I think it was that the floppies were double-sided and worked in ss drives. Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks ... From: garysevenfl To:...
Bob Doerr
bdoerr@...
Dec 22, 2006 9:46 pm
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... Wow! Thanks for the detailed response! I had no idea that there were multiple revisions of the Model 4. I'd worked with a number of them over the years,...
Hallo, ... They're identical. The cat.nr. Is the same. Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus Jan-80 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free...
With the moderator's permission, I'd like to announce my eBay auctions of TRS-80 equipment. I currently have up: A working Model 4 w/2 disk drives and 64K of...