12 Apr
1998
12 Apr
'98
12:42 p.m.
First stop it. Second, if you didn't understand it
I believe the comment
was sarcastic IE: we could find you a trs-80 case but since you've been
such a pain it has become highly unlikely.
Kind of right. I was saying that if it
was REALLY NEEDED and you couldn't
ignore a row of 5x4 keys or so on your TRS-80, that there's probably someone
who has either a spare case, or a will to trade their keypad-less TRS for
yours.
There was no offer to supply one and there was no
agreement save for you
trying to instigate one.
Exactly. However, seeing as it will make a fellow
collector happy, should I
stumble across the model you mention, I'll tell you, and probably pay for
half or more of the shipping.
A trs-80 with a keypad (one of the earliest options!)
is historically
valid. Also historically valid was lower case mod, 2x processor speed up
and several different ones applied to the cassette read. This is an
athoritive statment as I was in the employ for TANDY from 1976 through
1979 and did consulting for another year after that.
Exactly. For instance, I'm
getting a A2+ from Jeff Kaneko. At first, I
just knew that I was getting a II+. That was it. Since then, I've been
deligeted to find that it's 64K, has a DA/AD converter, serial cards, a
Pocket Rocket language card, etc. installed. I asked for an Apple II+. I'm
getting one. Sometimes, it's better than what you wanted, sometimes it's
worse, sometimes it's just different.
If you say you wanted the "first trs80" you
should have specified one
that must have the 170069A PWB, and no mods/option installed. That
would have gotten you a 4k L1 machine in the first production series
(under serial number 20,000 or so). You would have had to clarify if
serial number greater than 0 or 1 was acceptable. Your lack of
knowledge of RADIO SHACK computers and how they were sold from
introduction is your loss.
As well as your apparant lack of flexability, and poor
eMail writing skills.
In any case, let us "BAD PEOPLE" who "don't care if we've got a
conman
on our hands" be bad people with a conman on our hands and STOP BITCHING
ABOUT IT!!! Listen, you didn't get what you wanted. You did get what you
asked for. Cord's been on this list a LOT longer than you have. If we
annoy you, then unsubscribe. END OF STORY.
Tim D. Hotze