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From: johnw@reed.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Model 4 in Model III mode
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Date: Mon, 30-Mar-87 22:31:35 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 30 22:31:35 1987
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A model 4 contains all the rom that the original three had. (excluding 4p's)
That is how they made the model 4 64k instead of 48.  The model three used
the rest of the space for basic rom.  So using basic on a 4 uses up ram, so you
end of with less user memory than the 3 had in the first place.
As for a model 3 operating system, borrow a copy of trs-dos 1.3.
It may not be as elegant as many others, but it works just fine, does what you
tell it to do, quickly and efficiently without many glitches. Actually I have
yet to see any.  And because the machine was sold with trs-dos it ends up
being the most used operating system. Thus the most suported.  Remember
to Press reset whenever you switch operating systems!