TRS-80 Floppy Drive

From: Al Hartman <alhartman_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat Feb 22 22:15:05 2003

> From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
>
> On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Al Hartman wrote:
> > > I am looking for a 5 1/4" floppy drive for a
> > > TRS-80.
>
> > That's fine, but you still haven't provided the
> > specific information about WHICH TRS-80 you needed
> > a drive and cable for...
>
> He sent me a private post clarifying.
> He has a TRS-80 Model 1, and is looking for an
> ORIGINAL drive for it (external, with case, power
> supply, and cable).
> Preferably the original SA400 35 track.

I always preferred Tandon TM-100 drives. They needed a
lot less service and maintenance than the SA400's did.
And I always liked having the extra 5 tracks.

I've seen a few of these pop up on E-Bay.

Unless you have one for him, or someone on the list...
eBay may be his best bet.

I have 4 40 Track DSDD 360k PC Drives mounted in an
old PC Compatible case (XT style), that has a LONG
cable coming out the back. I use this for both my Coco
and my Model I (when it was working, my EI is shot and
while I have an LNW EI, I want a new KB unit as well).

The other thing about SA400 drives, is to make sure he
isn't using a patched version of TRSDOS or NewDos/80
or whatever...

If the stepping speed of the DOS is too fast, the
older drive may not boot properly.

I remember taking a copy of 80 Microcomputing and
applying the patches from it (with SuperZAP) to a copy
of TRS-DOS to make it 40 track, and to speed up the
drive step. The system booted up MUCH faster.

Boy, those were the days...

Al
Received on Sat Feb 22 2003 - 22:15:05 GMT