25 Apr
2002
25 Apr
'02
2:16 p.m.
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Erik S. Klein wrote:
My bad on the disk size. My memory gets worse and
worse.
'salright; Few folk remember even that much.
I eventually did buy TM100-2s for that machine and
expanded it with a
Quadboard and bulk-purchased 4164s. A surplus B&W composite monitor served
for a bit before a Princeton RGB display replaced it. I wish I'd have saved
that machine. I haven't seen one with a lower serial number since.
Why? What number was it? (Now I'm going to have to dig deep to check
mine.)
Did yours have the extra DB blockoff plate on the back panel?
Did it have a drive mounting screw coming up from the bottom?
My first 5150 came from IBM with a WHITE (NOT RED!) power switch, and a
BLACK power supply (63.5W?)
These days, I hardly EVER even see the 16K-64K motherboard ones.
IBM was pricey in the day, but they were competitive.
You still pay nearly
$3K for cutting edge.
But since it used the same drives and RAM as TRS-80, it wasn't VERY hard
to find substantially cheaper aftermarket prices (among TRS-80 sources),
rather than paying IBM prices. For example: IIRC, IBM wanted $540 for
Tandon TM100-1, but I could get one with case and power supply for TRS-80
for $225, or about $150 for bare drive.
The RF-Modulator (SupRModII) was readily available from Apple sources.
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