6 Sep
1998
6 Sep
'98
6:46 p.m.
It's not a newer version. My TRS-80 Model III also has 48K. It was the
top-of-the-line Model III. When I first got mine, it had been sitting in a
basement for 2 years, and the basement had been flooded when the septic
tank backed up. when I cleaned it all out, and turned it on, I had the
same problem with the screen. I gave it a good, solid whack on the back,
and it's been working fine ever since (not too hard, though - you don't
want to put a hole in the back). I think that the problem may have been
that a couple of the chips got either corroded or slightly unseated, and
smacking the back of it reseated them. That may not be your problem,
though.
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
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From: oajones <oajones(a)bright.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Tandy 3
Date: Sunday, September 06, 1998 11:17 PM
I was given an old Tandy 3 microcomputer. The button on the right side
of the keyboard says "48K." Was this computer a newer version of the
TRS-80 Model III? I am going to try and restore this computer. Right now
it has a video problem. The screen lights up and has zig-zags on the
screen. Also the contrast and brightness knobs are frozen and move just
a little bit left or right.
--Alan