23 Feb
2003
23 Feb
'03
5:38 a.m.
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Al Hartman wrote:
I always preferred Tandon TM-100 drives. They needed
a
lot less service and maintenance than the SA400's did.
And I always liked having the extra 5 tracks.
I agree
I really like those drives. The pins that hinge the doors don't hold up
well to the abuse of a college lab (unless you catch the culprits and
break their fingers), but without that abuse, they hold up very well.
Unless you have one for him, or someone on the
list...
eBay may be his best bet.
I've got a few boxes of drives, but no more extras - when I closed up my
office, I sold them off, as well as all of my TRS-80s.
The other thing about SA400 drives, is to make sure
he
isn't using a patched version of TRSDOS or NewDos/80
or whatever...
... there are also patches for DS, and for 80 track, . . .
Boy, those were the days...
They sure were. (except for some of the politics :-)