> Ugh! ... you'd be hard pressed to pick a worse example of a "standard" inteface
> to a floppy disk than the one used in the TRS-80, though lots of allegations
> were made about it. The TRS-80 is a poor example, apparenly right up to the
> model IV, and I know very little about its reputation. Tony Duell recently
> pointed out that his early experience with that indicated that it worked fairly
> well when the drives were well maintained. I only became familiar with the
> TRS-80 as a problem to be solved.
Actually, the Model I with a daughterboard data separator or double-density upgrade
worked pretty well. I never had problems with the Model III or 4 disk systems.
My Ampro LittleBoard never had any problems, either, along with my home-brew 8085
CP/M system.
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Received on Wed Nov 07 2001 - 08:17:31 GMT