TRS-80 question

Greetings, A while back, I purchased a TRS-80 Model III with 48K of memory, but I can't access the BASIC interpreter... that is, if it has one as I was thinking it did. Do I need to use a boot floppy in order to do anything with this machine? Also, weren't some TRS-80 systems able to use a hard drive? Funny thing, I still have the book that I purchased from Radio Shack about 20 years ago (doesn't seem possible that it's been that long) so that I could use a TRS-80 in a computer lab in college: _BASIC Computer Language: It's easier than you think!_. Five dollars and ninety five cents... wow, try buying a new computer-related book at that price now! -- Copyright (C) 2001 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)perqlogic.com 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.