Ooo, TRS-80 model 1. The first computer that ever inspired lust in my heart
- I don't suppose these can be had inexpensively...
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Jim Strickland
jim(a)calico.litterbox.com
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I used to have a Model 1. I believe the logical answer for why Drive 0 was
at the beginning of the cable was do that it was the closest to the
computer, ant it would make it less confusing for novice computer users:
Closest drive gets the boot disk.
As for the drive with a resistor pack needing to be at the end of the
cable, I disagree. I had a two-disk system, and both drives were
identical. I know that, because when I first got the computer, I plugged
the drives in, turned them on, turned on the expansion box, and turned on
the computer, and they worked. I tried the drives the other way (switched
them on the cable), and they still worked.
I'm also sure that neither had the resistor pack, because when I got the
computer, it was supposed to have 4 drives. There was, however, another
Model 1 with an expansion box, but no drives. The person who was selling
the computers took drives 3 and 4 off of the one that I got, and put them
on the other one. My friend bought it, and the drives worked on it, too.
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
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> From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: TRS-80 Hard drives (was:Cable needed)
> Date: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 1:42 PM
>
> It would have been a lot simpler if the connectors had been fitted in the
> opposite order so that drive 0 was at the end of the cable. Then the
> terminated drive always would have gone at the end of the cable, and
> would always have been Drive 0. No idea why they didn't do this.
>
> -tony
>
I don't think so. These are add-on modules specifically
for the PC-jr. I posted this because I'm pretty sure
there are at least a couple of PC-jr fans out there.
Jeff
At 11:51 AM 9/1/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Is PCjr stuff compatible with the IBM PC Convertible?
>
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> Former RT-11 Developer
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In a message dated 98-09-01 11:54:05 EDT, you write:
<< Is PCjr stuff compatible with the IBM PC Convertible?
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer >>
no. totally incompatible.
At 04:26 PM 8/31/98 -0700, Sam Ismail wrote:
>On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, John Foust wrote:
>
>> WinNT is quite stable. I've been running it for years - since 3.0,
>> I think, under heavy daily software development.
>
>Use Linux instead. Its far less picky about its hardware (and a whole
>lot more stable too, not to mention just a better OS).
Yeah, then there's that really big market of Linux users who love to
pay for software.
I use Linux alot, but not for running Microsoft products or Windows code.
All my firewalls and source code servers are Linux. The SGI version
of my product easily recompiles and runs under Linux and X Window.
We used it occasionally to use Checker and Electric Fence for debugging.
I've got hundreds of unsold CDs of a Linux-based 3D product in the
basement, left over from when my company was acquired. I'll gladly
send a CD of it for free to anyone in the world who wants to send me
a piece of old computer junk or software in trade. See my web page
to see what I like.
(See a description of Megahedron
at http://www.threedee.com/mhedron/mhedron.htm>,
and download a free, fully functional demo for Win95/NT x86 and AXP,
Linux and SGI IRIX from <http://www.threedee.com/demos/demos.html>.)
Frankly, Linux doesn't fit under the ten-year-rule. We'll need to
wait until 2003 for that. Sure, it might run on old PCs, though.
- John
Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>
The post about the Shugart HD's reminded me of something. I'm also looking
for a hard drive and external disk boxes for a TRS-80 Model III. I'm not
sure if the HD's needed to be special for the III (never had a HD for it),
but I had model 1 disk drives on it, and they were working. So any model
disk box should be O.K.
ThAnX in advance,
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
Guys:
I just snarfed some PC-jr modules:
2 - 128k Ram expansion
1 - Parallel printer module
1 - Speech Module
I cut open the speech and printer modules, and they seem to be
in pretty good shape, although I don't know if any of this
stuff actually works.
If this is of any value to anyone, I'll offer it for trade for
something interesting (I collect mostly Motorola related stuff),
or some reasonable $$.
PLease reply via private e-mail.
Thanx,
Jeff
