I'm in Lisle and would love to stop by and pick this baby up. Let me know! Cheers, Dan Gerald D. Pine wrote: > I have a non-working Radio Shack Model 12 computer, some software, and some > documentation that I would gladly give to someone who could use them. I > don't think that the unit would be worth the cost of shipping as the > computer is probably useful only for parts for someone who has one already. > I know that one disk drive (it has two 8-inch drives) is bad. It was > physically ruining diskettes by scraping off the coating in a ring toward > the center of the diskette. In the process of inspecting the unit to check > out the drives, I managed to break off a nub of glass near the CRT socket > and the vacuum seal was broken. If someone wanted to fix this unit, he > would need one good 8-inch, half height drive and a new CRT. So far as I > know it has one good drive, a good motherboard, power supply, keyboard, and > whatever other electronic boards as might exist (I don't remember). The > computer was working at the time I finished it off mechanically except for > the bad disk drive. > > I also have the Model 12 Owner's Manual and TRSDOS-II Reference Manual, a > brand new copy of TRSDOS 2.0B Version 02.0B.00 from Radio Shack special > orders dept., a copy of Pickles and Trout CP/M for the Model 12, and a copy > of SuperCalc 2 with P&T CP/M. I also have a plastic dust cover for the > Model 12. > > I live in the Chicago area. If anyone is interested in picking up the unit, > send me an email, and we'll make arrangements. If someone wants the unit > enough to pay the cost of packing and shipping via Mailboxes Etc., I'll > check into costs, but I doubt that it would be a good investment. Let me > know of any interest. > > Gerald