TRS-80 Model II

From: Lawrence Walker <lwalker_at_mail.interlog.com>
Date: Tue Feb 17 16:29:02 1998

On 18 Feb 98 at 12:40, Cord Coslor wrote:
>
> Charles A. Davis wrote:
>
> > Cord Coslor wrote:
> > >
> > > Wow, I actually got my name specifically mentioned in a question
> > > post.... yipppeeee! Anyway, Larry there could be several things you
> > > could try. First, your DOS disk may not be readable anymore... that
> > > often happens these days on those classics. Second, alignment of the
> > > boot disk drive may be out. Have you been able to get 'anything' to come
> > > up on the screen? Any errors or anything.
> > >
There were several trsdos boot disks that I tried. Versions 2.0 A and
4.2 and copies as well as CP/M 2.2. The error message was "boot
error ht " OK, I hit the escape key ,I get the message "insert
diskette " I insert a disk , the activity lite goes on ( the driver
cone is always spinning ) and the message doesn't change. The
activity lite stays on unless I hit the reset and it reverts to the
first message after a short while. It's beginning to sound like it's
an allignment problem to me.

>>> Give me another reply, and let me know in more detail what you
have
> > > going on. If nothing else, I can get you a known good 8" floppy boot
> > > diskf or the little bigger, and we'll give that a try.
> > >
> > > Good luck, and get back to me,
> > >
> > > CORD COSLOR
> > >
> > > Lawrence Walker wrote:
> >
> > snip
> >
> > > > When I boot up with or without an OS disk I get a "boot error ht'
> > > > msg. The dd spins up and sounds like its loading. Could it have been
> > > > set up to boot off one of the hard drives ? I'm really a novice with
> > > > TRS-80s but have Coco 1 and 2 in my collection and a Scriptsit cart.
> > > > Is there something I'm not doing ?
> > > >

> > Hi Larry & Cord:
> >
> > When first reading Larry's question, there wwas something in the back of
> > my mind about "If the thing was supposed to boot from the hard disk --
> > you needed to hold down the CTRL (or maybe ALT) key to get it to read
> > from the floppy?
> >
> > This stuff of 'automaticly' checking the floppy drive, iss 'new fangled
> > software stuff'.
>
As I've now learned .

> Not necessarily true... but I do understand what you're saying. I guess when I
> wrote the reply, I didn't remember he had a hard drive running.
>
> CORD
>
 No, I didn't hook up the HDD s . There were 3 of them and no visible
numbering as to order of placement. I'll have to get under the hood
and see what I can see, and/or try the external floppy DD. I'll let
you know
> >
> > Chuck
> >

Thanks, larry

 As well as the CP/M it also has an Exenix Install set.
Likely installed on one of the 5meg HDDs

L.
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Received on Tue Feb 17 1998 - 16:29:02 GMT