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Portable disk drive commands?

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From: Ross Alford
Date: Fri, 30 May 1986 02:56
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The portable 3.5" disk drive for the TRS Model 100 hooks up via RS232.
It is claimed to communicate at 19200 baud, a standard rate.  It
thus seems that all one needs to do is find out what its command set
is, and one could use it on other machines, my NEC 8401 for example.
(obviously, a specialized program would be required, but this shouldn't
be too hard to do)

It could also be used as a handy device to transport data between
machines with incompatible disk formats or sizes.  I've been trying
to discover whether there is any information available on the command
set of this drive.  The local RS computer center store isn't sure,
thinks it might be in a technical manual that they do not have and
seem to be unable to order.

SO, does anyone out there have this information or know where it might
be available?  I'd think that RS would be happy to give it out, since
they might potentially sell quite a few of these to owners of machines
other than their own.  If you have any leads, please contact me via
mail or respond in news.

Thanks,
Ross Alford
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Subject: Portable disk drive commands?
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Date: Thu, 29-May-86 22:56:04 EDT
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