DosPlus for the Model IV

From: Al Hartman <alhartman_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Feb 20 12:49:01 2003

> Does anyone have a copy of DOS-Plus for the TRS
> model 4 that they can send me? I picked up a 4 last
> weekend with no SW or docs and I already have
> DOS-Plus SW and manuals for the model 1.
>
> Joe

Joe,

I don't have DosPlus for the Model IV that I know of
(I might, somewhere..). But, I can recommend highly
Multidos for the Model IV.

I don't have the link handy, but if you search for it,
you can find it.

It's still availble for purchase in the $30.00 range
last time I checked, and it is an Alternate OS for the
TRS-80 that incorporates a lot of the strong points of
DosPlus, including 80 Column support while in non CP/M
mode.

It's a nice OS, and the DISK BASIC is faster and
smaller and more feature rich than most of the other
ones available for the TRS-80.

I remember porting my Copy of Connection-80 over to it
(we renamed our custom version, Nybbles-80), and it
was MUCH faster under Multidos than under Newdos/80,
TRS-DOS or DosPlus, and I was able to take advantage
of several MultiBASIC features to make it nicer...

Boy, those were the days.

I'm on the lookout for an LNW-80 Computer that works
to set up a system again. I'm going to keep watch in
April at the Trenton Computer Festival for a Model IV
or Model III in the Flea Market.

Regards,
Al
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