TRS-80 Model II

Lawrence Walker wrote: On the bottom of each drive box, is a circular plate or a hole where it used to be. One of the drives should have a blue DIP terminating resistor pack. That would be the last drive in the chain. The first drive in the chain will be the one with the power switch. If so, this is no mere Model 2, but a Model II with a Model 16 upgrade kit installed. I would cheerfully take this system off your hands to sit between my early Model II and my Tandy 6000HD. Note to all: As you visit the swap meets, ham fests, thrift stores and whatnot, I am trying to acquire a bunch of software packages for the Tandy 8" product line, especially the documentation. As Lawrence mentioned in his first message, there is remarkably little information on the Web about this product line, primarily because they were never as popular with hobbyists as the 1/3/4 or Color Computer lines -- they were designed, built and marketed as business machines, and when they were replaced by peecees years later, most business just tossed the machines and the software packages into the dumpsters. These machines are truly dear to me -- while I may have started with a Model One (before it was called that), the Model II and its upgrades and successors are where I grew up. Xenix on the Model 16 is where my long relationship with Unix and its relatives began. And in my arrogant opinion, Scripsit 2.0 on the Model II is _still_ one of the best damned word processors ever if the object is to process words rather than make documents look pretty. -- Ward Griffiths Dylan: How many years must some people exist, before they're allowed to be free? WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed", they'll never be free.