TRS80 help received

From: Charles E. Fox <foxvideo_at_wincom.net>
Date: Wed Aug 22 15:00:30 2001

At 10:43 AM 22/08/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>In reality that's what the 6106's are, and I should have been more precise
>about
>the way I described them. The ones that I have were shipped with a front face
>that fit a full-height slot. The BASF 6106 doc's I've had since '82 or so are
>out on my carport where I put them one time when my basement was suffering
>from
>excess water. Some years have elapsed since then, however, since the water
>comes back more frequently than the urge to put things away.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
>To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:18 AM
>Subject: Re: TRS80 help needed
>
>
>
> > BASF also made a 2/3 height floppy (could get 3 into a double bay). It
> > was the first 5.25" drive smaller than "full height" that I saw. It also
> > was the first one that I saw that had a D.O.A. failure rate of more than
> > 50%. The door on it was not very obvious - you push on the door and then
> > let it pop open. I recommend pushing on that door with a very large
> > mallet.
> >
> > --
> > Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
> >
> >

Fred and Richard, you are right. I pushed and it opened. The red LED had
me confused.

Thanks both, and also Don and Tony.

                                 Charlie Fox
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Received on Wed Aug 22 2001 - 15:00:30 BST

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