Asshole<---drop this too!

From: Hotze <photze_at_batelco.com.bh>
Date: Sun Apr 12 12:42:43 1998

>First stop it. Second, if you didn't understand it I believe the comment
>was sarcastic IE: we could find you a trs-80 case but since you've been
>such a pain it has become highly unlikely.
Kind of right. I was saying that if it was REALLY NEEDED and you couldn't
ignore a row of 5x4 keys or so on your TRS-80, that there's probably someone
who has either a spare case, or a will to trade their keypad-less TRS for
yours.
>There was no offer to supply one and there was no agreement save for you
>trying to instigate one.
Exactly. However, seeing as it will make a fellow collector happy, should I
stumble across the model you mention, I'll tell you, and probably pay for
half or more of the shipping.
>A trs-80 with a keypad (one of the earliest options!) is historically
>valid. Also historically valid was lower case mod, 2x processor speed up
>and several different ones applied to the cassette read. This is an
>athoritive statment as I was in the employ for TANDY from 1976 through
>1979 and did consulting for another year after that.
Exactly. For instance, I'm getting a A2+ from Jeff Kaneko. At first, I
just knew that I was getting a II+. That was it. Since then, I've been
deligeted to find that it's 64K, has a DA/AD converter, serial cards, a
Pocket Rocket language card, etc. installed. I asked for an Apple II+. I'm
getting one. Sometimes, it's better than what you wanted, sometimes it's
worse, sometimes it's just different.
>If you say you wanted the "first trs80" you should have specified one
>that must have the 170069A PWB, and no mods/option installed. That
>would have gotten you a 4k L1 machine in the first production series
>(under serial number 20,000 or so). You would have had to clarify if
>serial number greater than 0 or 1 was acceptable. Your lack of
>knowledge of RADIO SHACK computers and how they were sold from
>introduction is your loss.
As well as your apparant lack of flexability, and poor eMail writing skills.
    In any case, let us "BAD PEOPLE" who "don't care if we've got a conman
on our hands" be bad people with a conman on our hands and STOP BITCHING
ABOUT IT!!! Listen, you didn't get what you wanted. You did get what you
asked for. Cord's been on this list a LOT longer than you have. If we
annoy you, then unsubscribe. END OF STORY.
    Tim D. Hotze
Received on Sun Apr 12 1998 - 12:42:43 BST