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From: mbb@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (martin.b.brilliant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: TRS-80 Model 4
Message-ID: <2671@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>
Date: 27 Jul 89 21:08:58 GMT
References: <9596@xanth.cs.odu.edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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From article <9596@xanth.cs.odu.edu>, by wilso_d@cs.odu.edu (DeWitte Wilson):
> In article <6157@rpi.edu>, jefu@pawl.rpi.edu (Jeffrey Putnam) writes:
>> So, my questions are:
>>  .....
>>    3) He has no modem at this point.  Is one available that might work for
>>       him (inexpensively) that might be moved to another machine should he
>>       decide to upgrade at some point?
> 
> 	Just about ANY external modem that will work on an IBM will
> also work on the Model IV - this means you can upgrade your system and
> just buy a new modem cable.

One minor point.  The Model 4 does not necessarily come with an RS232
interface inside.  If you have no modem, you may have no RS232 interface
either, so that may have to be added, not just the cable.

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