At 06:57 PM 5/9/97 -0500, you wrote: I remember going into the local Radio Shack and drooling over the different TRS-80 models nearly constantly in the period between 1982 and 1987, seeing as those were the systems which I had easiest access too. I wanted a Model 4P quite badly at the time, but I didn't make enough with my job for them to even think about financing me on it. I entered the military in 1983 so didn't make too much. Also, the Model III was the first micro of any type I got to use, since it was what our computer lab in high school (circa 1981-2) used. If I remember correctly, didn't IBM originally charge close to $5000 for it's hard disk system for the original PC-XT's? The Indus-GT floppy for my Atari 800 was another 5-1/4" drive that was in the $300-400 price range. Nifty drive though, and I think I have close to a dozen different DOS's to boot it from. Jeff jeffh(a)eleventh.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Collector of Classic Computers: Amiga 1000, Amiga 3000, Atari 800, Atari 800XL, Atari MegaST-2, Commodore C-128, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore VIC-20, Kaypro 2X, Mattel Aquarius, Osbourne Executive, Timex-Sinclair 1000, TRS-80 Color Computer 3, TRS-80 Model IV Plus Atari SuperPong and Atari 2600VCS game consoles