6 Sep
1998
6 Sep
'98
6:24 p.m.
On 7 Sep 98, at 1:03, Tony Duell wrote:
I believe it's available from Tim Mann's
TRS-80 web page. The author has
allowed it to be copied for personal use. Of course getting it onto a disk
is another problem.
On Tim's page (I believe) there is also a Linux TRS-80 Model 1/3/4
emulator (called xtrs) that can use the Linux box's floppy drives as
the emulator's drives. A couple of days ago, I setup an old 486
with a 5.25" floppy and installed Linux. Set up the emulator and
downloaded the LDOS from Tim's page. Used the emulator to
make a new LDOS boot disk using the floppy drive. Took the disk
to my Model III and it booted right up. I've used that technique to
move several pieces of TRS-80 Model III software now and I'm
working on Model I software using the Model III as a go between.
Works great and is just one more example of some useful software
for Linux. At least for collectors of old TRS-80s. :-) The xtrs
emulator is pretty good although it isn't really easy to swap
emulated disks. Next I'm going to try it out with my Model 4.
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