TRS-80 Model II stuff!

Arfon Gryffydd wrote: A Model II is set up for 256-byte sectors, a "straight" copy may not be the optimum solution -- a few interim steps may be necessary. I have a Model II (and expansion drives -- no HD aside from the one in the Tandy 6000 which I won't risk) but the guy who was setting it out at the curb had already dumped all software. So I need some bootable OS disks (these are _any_ Tandy applications -- they were _all_ bootable, though Scripsit was short several utilities to make more room for the document file). It might take me an hour or two of self hypnosis, but I used to be able to do sector copies of Model II disks from BASIC to move the salvageable bits to another disk or to files of various formats on other disks. With a few of my Linux tools, I may even be able to make images on modern media, though I'm unclear as to how to translate 77-track x 34 (256byte) sector media to 80-track x 18 (512byte) sector media. I know it will fit fine -- whether it can be used directly if an adapter is made to connect the new drives to the old hardware I don't know -- and track 0 was single density IIRC, the boot ROM might be sticky. I really wish I had my old collection of Model II media -- I never realized that small loss in moving cross-country would hurt so much years later. By the way Arfon, how many generations back do we have to go to find out where our family names diverged in Wales? -- Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/> WARNING: The Attorney General has determined that Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms can be hazardous to your health -- and get away with it.