Subj : Re: Price Piece in your c
To   : Dr. What
From : 8-Bit
Date : Fri May 20 2022 09:37:46

 DW>  8-> It doesn't have the tape drive but dual 8" disc drives. I believe BAS
 DW>  8-> only on this model. The person I bought it from had it in monitor mod
 DW>  8-> so thought it wasn't functioning properly.
 DW> 
 DW> Wow!  My dad had one of those donated to his school.  I remember playing
 DW> a bit on it.  We didn't get too far because it was only the hardware and
 DW> I don't think it was easy to get the 8" disks even at that time.

I actually bought this from a school who it was donated to for some reason.
Over 100 pounds so definitely not a fun thing to move around. But cool
especially early IBM.

 DW> 
 DW>  8-> Looking at pics, it was actually a TRS-80 Model 2 instead of a 16.
 DW> 
 DW> Either one is cool.

I completely agree. I have to get some boot disks for them though. There is a
guy that sent me a bunch for the Model 1, 3, 4, and 4p that does it by
donation. Another person can do it for the 8" disk version but I haven't
gotten around to it.

 DW> 
 DW>  8-> I have a bunch of Model 1's as well.
 DW> 
 DW> I just have the 2.  I want to accumulate more, but I want to actually
 DW> play with them sometimes and for that, I need desk space which is
 DW> currently at a premium now.

My latest one was extensibly modified, replacing the caps, enhanced video
upgrade and and the FreHD. I also picked up the newer style power supply from
Australia but that isn't finished either yet.

 DW> 
 DW> But I did get my FreHD/Quinnerface for my Model I L2 yesterday.  It's so
 DW> much easier to get software loaded - even if the Model I is a little
 DW> finicky. Having that extra 32K RAM doesn't hurt either.

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