At 10:15 AM 1/7/03 -0800, Al Hartman wrote:
>The presence or lack of a numeric keypad on a Model I
>is not a good indicator of whether it's Level I basic
>or not.
That's not exactly true. All original Model I level II machines have the numeric keybard. TRS switched to the Level II ROM and added the numeric keypad at the same time so all machines with the numeric keypad should have level II ROMs. The machine in question had the numeric keypad therefore it came with Level II ROMs. Therefore it is NOT a first model of the Model I both in terms of the ROMs and the keyboard.
A more correct statement would be "The lack of a numeric keypad on a Model I is not a good indicator of whether it's Level I basic or not."
The presence of the numeric keypad is an excellant indicator that it is a Level II machine.
Joe
>
>I have a Model I (My original from 1979) which came
>without a keypad, and was a Level I computer, but
>which I quickly upgraded to a Level II computer.
>
>The only real way to tell is to power the unit up.
>
>Regards,
>
>
>P.S.: I'm looking for a working LNW-80 Computer. A
>model II would be preferred, but a Model I would be
>OK. If anyone has one they'd like to sell, please let
>me know..
>
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Received on Thu Jan 09 2003 - 20:09:00 GMT