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From: wcf@psuhcx (William C. Fenner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: TRS-80 MOD I. How do I...
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Date: 12 Jan 88 15:48:40 GMT
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In article <21505@linus.UUCP> cenkl@linus.UUCP (Michael Cenkl) writes:
>I have two 5-1/4 disk drives, a fully populated expansion interface as
           ^^^^ do you know if they're double-sided? double density?
                This doesn't matter from an installation point of view,
                just from a storage point of view.
>
>My question is: In what manner do I connect the disk drives to the
>expansion interface in order to be able to boot the system.
>I was given this system with a wealth of software but minimal
>documentation and I can't figure out how to connect the disk drives!
>
The drives should be connected by a ribbon cable, with an edge card connector
on the end.  You have to plug this edge card connector onto an edge card on
the back of the Expansion Interface. Sorry I can't get more specific than
that, but I have a non-Tandy EI.  You will need a DOS, if you don't have one.
My suggestion is Newdos/80.  It's one of the most popular operating systems
for the TRS80.  Another is Multidos.  I'm not sure if you can get multidos
any more though.

If you need any more help, feel free to send me mail.

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