7 Nov
2001
7 Nov
'01
12:17 a.m.
Ugh! ... you'd be hard pressed to pick a worse
example of a "standard" inteface
to a floppy disk than the one used in the TRS-80, though lots of allegations
were made about it. The TRS-80 is a poor example, apparenly right up to the
model IV, and I know very little about its reputation. Tony Duell recently
pointed out that his early experience with that indicated that it worked fairly
well when the drives were well maintained. I only became familiar with the
TRS-80 as a problem to be solved.
Actually, the Model I with a daughterboard data separator or double-density upgrade
worked pretty well. I never had problems with the Model III or 4 disk systems.
My Ampro LittleBoard never had any problems, either, along with my home-brew 8085
CP/M system.
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Eric Dittman
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