Model 4 questions...

[dafivehole]

Still going through some recently acquired TRS-80 items... I powered this thing on and got "Diskette?" at the prompt. Is this normal? Without disks, is there anything else I can do? It came in the original box too with a printer cable and the owner's manual... kind of cool. It looks like the original owner was carving the top disk slot (see picture)... not sure what he/she was doing?

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Thank you,
Roger

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[mlaferriere]

You can press break when turning it on to get into the cassette Basic. Its asking for a boot diskette and thats a pretty good sign that the majority of the computer is functional.

 

[Chromedome45]

A gate array Model 4. Nice system BTW. Don't know is going on with that top drive though!?

Possibility I may be parting out a Model 4 Gate array. It has a bad display board but all else is fine. So I might have a disk drive available if interested.

Just do not want to put anymore money into it. Seeing though I have another one any way.

 

[pski]

As mlaferriere mentioned, hitting Break at startup or reset will get you into Model III cassette basic. Otherwise you need some DOS disks to do anything interesting. You can get a set of Model 4 system disks from Ira at http://www.trs-80.com for a small donation.

It looks like someone was trying to pry out the top floppy drive without opening the case!! Which means it may not be working.

 

[dafivehole]

I typed in OUT 244,1 and the lower drive started to spin... how do you check the upper drive?

Thanks,
Roger

 

[Audronic]

Out 244,6 (Upper Drive) seemed to work on my model 4

Good luck Ray

 

[dafivehole]

Out 244,6 (Upper Drive) seemed to work on my model 4

God luck Ray

Hey that worked... the upper drive spun just like the lower drive...

Thank you,
Roger

 

[dafivehole]

Alright, I posted this thing on CL in Denver, CO for $150... I think that's fair.

Thank you,
Roger

 

[rittwage]

That's a great deal for someone if they are close to you.