H&T 20(?) in TRS model 100 ???

Rumor has it that Joe may have mentioned these words: I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that this is just the name of the connector. But something is tickling at my brain........ This is sounding even more familiar... Is anything printed or silkscreened on the circuit board itself? Erm... don't you mean 40-pin socket? That 40-pinner is the expansion bus where most (all?) of the CPU signals are available, and would be the most logical place for a unidirectional 8-bit buffer, a bi-directional 8-buffer & a Quad 2-input NOR gate... Anything 24 or 28-pin is prolly a ROM or RAM socket, and you'd not see these chips used there... Now for the prize, if it's what I think it is. If *anyone* out there is a Model 100/102/200 fan, you'll want to definitely save this from the dumpster... If it indeed plugs into the 40-pin expansion bus, there's only one thing I've seen that matches this description: A "Chipmunk" floppy drive interface. This is (IIRC) a 360K SSDD floppy drive designed for (primarily) the Model 'T' scene. These drives are quite rare -- I have one. I've never been able to get it running, tho: I have a Model 200, and the expansion interface is a 40pin dual-row header -- not the 40-pin DIP socket. Now that I've been reminded of this, mebbe my next PCboard building project will be a Model 200 to Model 100 interface converter, so I could finally hook it up. I dunno if a regular 720K drive will work for these -- yer best bet is to post the question at the email address: m100(a)list.30below.com. <Shameless Plug> That's the Model 100/200/102/NEC8201/(anything that's a Kyocera OEM laptop) mailing list that I run. It currently has around 160+ members, including the most honorable & knowledgeable Richard Hanson who *still* runs "Club 100" -- dedicated to providing service & support for all Model 'T's since 1983. Anything you need for a Model 'T' if it can be found, he can find it. Tell him "Merch" sent ya. </Shameless Plug> Meanwhile, if I remember (read: doubtful, but you just never know) I'll pop the lid on my chipmunk drive & see if it has any special I/F boards... If you get no takers for the board after the "junkfest" just lemme know & I'll gladly give you something for it & shipping. I'm getting rid of a lot of my computers shortly (no time to play with them all, and I may be moving to a new smaller home, so I won't have the storage room... :-( ) but I still plan on rescuing anything Tandy laptop based (well, the 100/102/200/600, anyway. IBM compatibles never did excite me...). Anywho, I hope this helps! Roger "Merch" Merchberger