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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.misc,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrades for archaic TRS-80 Model III
Keywords: TRS80-III, Disk Drives, RS232C
Message-ID: <670@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 88 03:56:50 GMT
References: <6122@j.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Organization: Rick's Home Grown Unix; Portland, OR
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In article <6122@j.cc.purdue.edu> agv@j.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Murrell) writes:
<I was just given a Model III and am curious if there are
<upgrade kits still available for it. It has no disk drives
<and no RS232 port -- both of which would be nice to have.
<Does anyone know where these upgrades can be obtained
<cheaply (I don't want to invest too much in this -- but
<it may have merit as an "intelligent" terminal)? Also,
<if you know where the drives can be purchased/mooched,
<do you know where DOS/Disk BASIC can be gotten?

Well, to start with, you might try Radio Shack! Unlike IBM Tandy
is still selling stuff for machines that were discontinued over
5 years ago.

Or pick up a copy of 80 Micro and check the ads.

Even if you get your drives & RS-232 from someone other than Tandy,
you may want to spend the $20-30 for a copy of TRSDOS 1.3 as a sort
of "lowest common denominator" between all the Model 3 OS's out there.

But I really would consider giving the Model 3 to the kids for games.
After you add the drives and RS-232, the re-sale value of the system
is likely to be less than you'll pay for the upgrades! (the last price
I saw for a 2 drive 48k Mod 3 with Rs-232 was $300, and the prices are
going *down*....)


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