22 May
2006
22 May
'06
3:22 p.m.
I saved a trs-80 model 4p from the trash yesterday. My first PC was
a trs-80 model 1, but I never moved
beyond cassette and stringy-floppy.
The 4p has dual floppy drives but there was no software with it when
I found it. I do not have a working 5.25 disk drive
other than the ones in this trs-80. How can I obtain some disks to
boot and test this system?
Since the Model 4 (and I assume 4p) native format is double density, you
can write the disks on just about an PC. And disk images for things like
LS-DOS 6.31. (which I use on my Model 4) are available from Tim Mann's site.
This leaves the problem of you not having a PC with 5.25" drives. You
might find it easiest to 'borrow' the drives from the 4p and cable one of
them up to a PC controller. Write the boot disk, then reassemble the 4P.
-tony