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Started by Robert Stes Stessel WCSN Manager
Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:35
TRS80 CHEAP!
Author: Robert Stes Stessel WCSN Manager
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:35
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:35
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I have a TRS-80 w/2 8" drives & bunch of accounting
software. It was given to me third hand by some one who knew
nothing about computers and who's wife told him to GET IT OUT OF
THEIR GARAGE!
I plugged it in and tried it. It booted and loaded it's
DOS from disk, but when I booted it a second time, it seemed to
score the surface of the disk. Not really wanting to spend a lot
of time with it, I quit before I did any more damage.
Bottom line, it works sort of, if you have one or three
already and want some good spare parts, or want to fix it up as
an additional machine, it is in basically ok shape, I just don't
need to play with ANOTHER operating system. (I'm already more
deeply involved with Unix, DOS, & Commodore64 than I should be!)
Apparently the CPU, memory (64k) and monitor are ok, but
it seems to have a disk problem. I never got as far as checking
the second drive.
I would trade it for an old dos compatable printer, a
commodore 80 column adapter for the c64, or whatever you have
gathering dust in your ibm or c64 closet.
If you have nothing to trade but want it anyway, don't
dispair. If no one offers me anything in trade, I will give it
away to the person with the best sob story. So if your church,
school, club, etc. uses TRS-80's; you are a starving computer
student; etc.; you want something for your kids to play with;
need a boat anchor; etc.; you can come n' git it, or have it for
the UPS from Maine. My wife wants it OUT OF OUR GARAGE!
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"So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over
that which has been denied". Helen Keller
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