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From: tj@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Thomas E. Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: TRS-80 Model 1 TRS-DOS
Keywords: trs-dos, trs-80, Model I
Message-ID: <1900@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Date: 15 Jun 90 18:19:08 GMT
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
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This is a long shot, but anyone out there ever use a TRS-80 Model 1?

If so, did any of you use it with Disk Drives?

If so (now I'm really pushing it) anyone use TRS-DOS?

I'm trying to get an older Model 1 that has the expansion box and 3
floppy drives to boot, but it just comes up with BASIC all the time.
This system worked a few days ago (when I got it) but I don't know
how to boot it.  Upon power up, it just asks for the amount of memory,
then goes into Level II BASIC.  Is there a command you must enter to
start up the TRS-DOS?  How did the disk systems ever work?  Also, the
system appears just the same weather the expansion box is on or off.
Maybe the expansion box has a bad connection.  Anyone have any clues    
out there how the old father-of-the-micro use to work?  If someone
could just get me started with a couple commands, I could get 
going from there.

				Thomas E. Jones
				tj@xn.ll.mit.edu
				(617)981-5093 (work)
				(617)924-8326 (home)

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tj@xn.ll.mit.edu or tj@ll-xn.arpa          (one of these should work)
Thomas E. Jones, home (617) 924-8326 work (617) 981-5093