28 Jun
2003
28 Jun
'03
7:47 a.m.
On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
What is so interesting, special, or unique???
I guess the fact that it doesn't have drives. This is the only one I've
ever seen without them.
I have a unique TRS-80 model 3 that I am trying to
find some information on.
It has a catalog number of 26-1060, which I haven't been able to find any
references to on the internet. The majority of the Model 3s are 26-1066 (48k
2-disk systems). It also has a serial # of 0000365! This is a 32k system,
which no disk drives.
Interesting. I have a TRS-80 Model 4 that's like this
(no disk drives). You could buy your TRS-80 with drives, or you could
buy it without
drives. You could use it without drives, or you could add your own.
I know. But still, it's interesting to find one where the original buyer
just could not afford or justify the cost of the drives :)
With Radio Shack charging $500 per drive, while the
aftermarket was ~$200
per drive, why would anybody NOT put in their own drives?
But to buy it and then not put in drives? Did they use cassette tapes
forever? Or did they use it for so little time that they never got around
to installing drives, even after they dropped in price to $200 or less?
This is what is interesting.
Same thing with the 5150 PC.
Yes, and I have an originally disk-less 5150 as well.
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