TRS80 help needed

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Aug 21 23:43:26 2001

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Charles E. Fox wrote:

>
>
> I have just been given a Model One (which I haven't got into yet,)
> and a Model 4, along with some manuals and drives.
> One of the external drives is a BASF Model 6106, would this by
> chance be an early hard drive? It is built like a full height floppy, but
> there is no place to put one! Any information on it would be much appreciated.

If it could be a BASF 6186, it would be a 15mb ST-506 MFM drive with 4
Hds, 440 Cyl, and 17 SPT. RWC and WPC are both at 220. Drive is 5.25"
Full High.
                                                 - don

> The Model 4 is suffering from a bad keyboard, (dead except for
> reset button,) and is working with one borrowed from another Model 4. Does
> anyone have information on it? It is not covered in the 4 technical
> reference manual.
> I haven't been able to get the 4 to recognize drive "1". I have
> five full height floppies on hand, and all will work OK as drive "0", but
> not as drive "1". I have checked the cable and it has the required missing
> contacts, "12, 14, 32" for "0" and "10, 14, 32" for "1", but still no action.
> I can't find any jumpers on the Texas Peripherals drives, am I
> missing something?
>
> Thanks
>
> Charlie Fox
> Chas E. Fox Video Productions
> 793 Argyle Rd. Windsor ON N8Y 3J8
> foxvideo_at_wincom.net
> Check out:
> Camcorder Kindergarten at http://chasfoxvideo.com
>
>
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