TRS-80 Info

From: Scott Walde <scott_at_saskatoon.com>
Date: Fri Aug 1 08:52:23 1997

On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, Ben Coakley wrote:

> There's a TRS-80 model 2000 in a local thrift (same one where I got a
> Commodore Plus 4 in its original box today). It's a beautiful machine,
> about the size of the crummy XT clones lying around, with two floppies and
> a CM-1 monitor. What else is hiding in there? It doesn't, perhaps, have
> a hard drive, does it? The case could certainly hold it.

That machine is an 80186! (Nope, that's not a typo.) It's really not
'IBM' compatible, although it runs MS-DOS 2. That machine obviously must
have the color card, if it comes with the CM-1 (I'd love one of those.)
The 2k sported several big enhancements over the PC. The faster 186, 720k
floppies (DSQD), 600x400x16colors, full 16 bit expansion slots. Overall
it's a really cool machine. That's probably why it didn't survive.

Some had a hard drive. If it was factory installed, the nameplate should
read 'Model 2000HD.' You might also look for any labelling on the back.
The HD controller might have some sort of stickers on it. (The cards are
the long, 1/2" high metal strips on the back.)

> Ben Coakley CBEL: Xavier OH bcoakley_at_teleport.com

ttfn
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Received on Fri Aug 01 1997 - 08:52:23 BST