2 Oct
2001
2 Oct
'01
1:32 p.m.
I just looked at the Altair auction. In it they
mention the original
owner used the Altair up until they got a TRS-80. In one of the pictures
we see two TRS-80 disk drives supposedly hooked up to the Altair.
Duh.
I'm guessing they were NOT used with the Altair.
Actually, the disk drives sold by Tandy for the Model I had
the air vents above the PSU going side to side on the case, not front
to back as the units in his pictures show. I also have a second
aftermarket noname drive for the Model I that is nearly identical to
the TRS-80 badged drive but it has two sets of air vents, situated
next to each other, with the slots still running side to side. Given
that he states a NorthStar disk controller is installed, it's not
inconceivable that they are aftermarket cases with user-supplied
drives for use with that Altair.
Jeff
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