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From: ai118@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rich Zidonis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: DMP2100p Custom Font package
Date: 17 Dec 1992 15:44:30 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ai118@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rich Zidonis)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, sscrivan@nyx.cs.du.edu (steve scrivano) says:

>Has anyone out there actually used the above Tandy Font package that enables
>you to download fonts to your DMP2100p printer?  I need to talk to somebody
>that has used it under Xenix and has hardcopy documentation for it.  This is
>a very worthwhile software package, there are some bugs in it, and since
>I only have a disk set with no docs, it would be nice to converse with somebody
>that has tangled with it so I can compare notes.
>
>Steve Scrivano
>sscrivan@nyx.cs.du.edu
>


No docs!  Pirated?
-- 
RAZ     ai118@cleveland.freenet.edu
From: miskines@acsu.buffalo.edu (Robert J. Miskines)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: The answers to many Tandy questions.
Date: 16 Dec 92 05:52:07 GMT
Organization: UB



Interesting thread.. A friend of mine signed on to RS as a part-timer   
just over a year ago, with virtually no knowledge whatsoever of Tandy
computers. Ive seen him go from that to someone who can answer most 
PC-compatible (1000, etc) questions off the top of his head, and who
is more than willing to track pretty much anything down.. His philosophy
is something along the lines of 'know-your-product'/'you paid for the 
service/support. you WILL get it.'

RS has implemented a 'FaxBack' service. Where, believe it or not, the
sales guy has, within 5 mins reach, pretty much all pertinent tech 
specs on all CPUs other than I/II/III/IV/12/16/CoCo... 

Many RS'es in this area maintain archives of back catalogs..so if he's
motivated, your sales guy CAN look it up..

And there is no training on older products, computers included. The
training is solely left up to the individual. training is based
99% on experience/personal research.

Ohwell.. All I know is that a novice looking to buy a new machine
and rcv quality support, or someone with an older machine and trying to
expand, or just research just what that box in front of him will do   
would be quite happy to walk into his store..

Robert J Miskines
miskines@acsu.buffalo.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: sscrivan@nyx.cs.du.edu (steve scrivano)
Subject: DMP2100p Custom Font package
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 07:55:18 GMT

Has anyone out there actually used the above Tandy Font package that enables
you to download fonts to your DMP2100p printer?  I need to talk to somebody
that has used it under Xenix and has hardcopy documentation for it.  This is
a very worthwhile software package, there are some bugs in it, and since
I only have a disk set with no docs, it would be nice to converse with somebody
that has tangled with it so I can compare notes.

Steve Scrivano
sscrivan@nyx.cs.du.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: singh@julius.cs.uiuc.edu (Rajendra Singh)
Subject: Re: Model I/III/4 and Unix
Organization: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 08:34:55 GMT

Here's a termcap entry I wrote several years ago for my TRS80 model IV.
I use it to run gnuemacs on.  Please let me know if you have any impovements.
Heck, let me know if you use it (I like thinking I'm useful :-)

t1|trs80|mytrs80:\
 :co#80:li#24:it#8:\
 :cd=\037:ce=\036:ho=\034:\
 :up=\033:cl=\034\037:\
 :kl=^H:kd=^J:kr=^I:.kb=^H:\
 :ku=^K:cr=\035:\
 :le=^X:do=^Z:nd=^Y:\
 :vi=^O:vs=^N:\
 :.bw:.bs:am:xr:nl=^Z:.pt:ta=^I:nw=^J:

peace,
 -raj
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From: leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden)
Subject: Re: trs80 bbs list
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 01:20:28 GMT

CXKPV@ASUACAD.BITNET writes:

> Same here, I only had some luck with one of the 602 numbers.  Apparently, tho
>  who run trs80 bbs have a high turnover rate.

A Tucson TRS-80 BBS you may be interested in is still up and active, 
running the latest in BBS software, IDIM 3.0 (the actual beta-test site). 
Call the Dead Zone for true TRS-80 support!  (602) 884-4314.  
300/1200/2400  24hrs.  On-Line games!  Unlimited file transfers!
Signon as Guest User with a password of GUEST for immediate access.
          - Leonard Lorden -
            (IDIM author)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: rcook@gfx.engga.uwo.ca (Richard Cook)
Subject: Request for SHARP LM640 LCD pinout
Organization: University of Western Ontario, London
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 20:51:36 GMT

Greetings!  I have an LCD display from a Radio Shack (Tandy) laptop,
model 1400 or 2800.  Can anyone help me to identify the 10 pin header
connector and its interface protocol?

The board has a label of:   SHARP LM640   MADE IN JAPAN.
I don't have the laptop so I do not even know which pins are its power supply.
Tandy U.S. said they don't carry the service manual for it.

There is no controller on the board, just the display drivers (masked) and two
extra ICs labelled:  LA5316 9L5 and 50003SCC-S 903.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  You may contact me at the following
e-mail address:   rcook@gfx.engga.uwo.ca

Thank you.
-- 

Richard Cook	(519) 641-1985
Elect. Eng. FAX	(519) 661-3488
From: 00mlkerney@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: need TRS80 Model 4P stuff
Date: 16 Dec 92 05:10:34 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's


Greetings.

I bought a TRS80 model 4P (portable in a sense of the word) to use with the
direct-connect VAX hookups we have here at Ball State - but - i need to know
a source to get a term program or somesuch to run it. haven't been able
to actually try and hook up as a dumb terminal yet, i need to get a gender 
changer for the RS232 port (the one the university supplies is the wrong
gender.. i forget which is what gender).

I went to my local radio shack in Fort Wayne, but as i suspected, they didn't
have a clue. i got the "we PROBABLY don't make that anymore, go find a users
group" line. but i wasn't expecting much help there, anyway. sorry, but i have
little faith.

-mike
00mlkerney@bsuvacs.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: T.Stewart@massey.ac.nz (T.M. Stewart)
Subject: Van Den Berghe's Mod III emulator.  Any news of final version?
Summary: Model III emulator.  Have a Beta version.  Is definitive version here?
Keywords: emulator
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
X-Reader: NETNEWS/PC Version 2c
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 01:03:09 GMT

A couple of years ago I obtained a copy of a PD Beta-release TRS-80
Model III emulator.  The emulator looked OK, although speed was a
problem.  Unfortunately for me, my disks were all Mod 1 single density so I 
wasn't able to use it.  Recently however, I've again become interested in 
getting my TRS-80 programs on an MSDOS platform via emulation.  

The emulator I have was written by Vincent Van Den Berghe and was (apparently) 
uploaded to Compuserve a few years ago. The documentation with the emulator
mentions a definitive version being available in the future.  

Does anyone know anything about such a definitive version?  Is there anyone
out there using the Beta-version I mentioned above.  If so, how good is it?
Does it handle sound and other hardware-type functions like RS-232
communications?  Anyone know where the author is and can he be contacted?

On a 33 MHZ '486, I would imagine the speed problem of the original
emulator may not be such a problem.  I'd like to keep all those programs
of my youth such as PENETRATOR, METEOR MISSION, SEA DRAGON and SCOTT ADAMS
adventures.

Cheers

Terry Stewart
T.Stewart@massey.ac.nz

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: sscrivan@nyx.cs.du.edu (steve scrivano)
Subject: ABOUT WANTED/FOR SALE POSTS
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 06:28:30 GMT

There is something I find very disturbing with equipment posted here
for sale or as wanted.  It seems few keep their word when it comes to
shipping the agreed upon items or ordering the requested items.  I have
spent an entire year ordering stuff and have only managed to get some
boards from one person.  If you agree to ship something to somebody for
a specified price at a specified time, then that is what should be done.
Otherwise, don't advertise it.  Likewise, if you want something be serious
about it when you say "The check is in the mail", or be serious about it
when someone has what you want.  Otherwise, why ask for it at all if you
don't really want it to begin with.

It is only common courtesy to follow through when 2 parties reach an
agreement.  Perhaps there are many reading this post that would agree with
me.

I am still waiting for the person who promised they would ship me a 3-port
serial card on 12/7.  I don't have your e-mail address anymore.  What is
the problem?  Did you change your mind, sell it to somebody else, or ship
it late?

One thing is for sure, if anyone needs anything from me, only death will
prevent it from being shipped!  Action speaks louder than words.  There is
a lot of talk going on here, but unless there is action, what good is it?
If I wanted no help, I could go to my local Radio Shack. ;-)

Steve Scrivano
sscrivan.nyx.cs.du.edu
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Wednesday, 16 Dec 1992 13:48:37 MST
From: <CXKPV@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: need TRS80 Model 4P stuff

If you have TRSDOS, you could use the comm utility untill you find a
better terminal program.  I think you first must issue a command in
trsdos: set *cl com/dvr to set a driver for the serial port.  Then the
comm utility should run.  Also the trsdos setcom command can be used to
set up the baud rate, word length, and parity.  I think the syntax takes
the form: setcom (b=2400,w=8,p=no).

The best solution, probably, will be to download a terminal program from
a bbs to eventually replace the comm utility.
From: ai118@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rich Zidonis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Radio Shack keyboard needed
Date: 16 Dec 1992 15:55:42 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Reply-To: ai118@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rich Zidonis)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


>>You might try the Tandy Outlet Store in Fort Worth.  Ask for Walt.  He's
>>the manager.  You would not believe the stuff he has . . . and the prices!
>>
>>		Tandy Outlet Store
>>		Walt Myers, Manager
>>		1717 Northpark
>>		Fort Worth, TX  76102
>>		(817) 870-5709 or 5719
>
>Does Walt (or Tandy Outlet Store) have an email address? I would like to
>check with them on some Model 4 parts.

No.  All he has is two telephones and one mailbox.
-- 
RAZ     ai118@cleveland.freenet.edu
From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: The answers to many Tandy questions.
Date: 18 Dec 92 22:28:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: qiclab.1992Dec18.222847.19430
Reply-To: Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.

ai118@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rich Zidonis) writes:

>The information is indexed by a FaxBack Catalog number (for instance, the
>Tandy 1000 TL/3 (250-1603) is FaxBack Catalog number 1240.

>Telephone 1-800-323-6586 and follow the voice prompts.  At the appropriate
>time, request catalog 1220.  It, you will find, contains about 12 entries
>about the TL/3, giving you the appropriate catalog number to order.

>Check out the catalog at your local Radio Shack.  Perhaps if you're nice,
>you can use the store's fax to get what you need. 

Does it list the elusive hard drive mounting bracket for a TL/3 that has 3
floppies? The bracket is mentioned in the user manual, but no catalog number
is given. And after trying for months, what the store came up with does
*not* fit a TL3. I see *no* way in which it will attach *anywhere* inside
the case. <sigh>

-- 
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CIS: [70465,203]			 70465.203@compuserve.com
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(The CIS & Fido addresses are preferred)
From: 00mlkerney@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: need TRS80 Model 4P stuff
Date: 17 Dec 92 20:12:30 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's



sorry for the 

sorry for the lousy formatting, i'm using a friends Zenith in the dorms that
doesn't deal with the newsgroups very well.

Well, the university sent me a cable that works with the female RS232C port on
the 4p, all is well there.

i'm still not sure what i should SETCOM to for configuration, but some
experimentation will fix that.

anybody know any tandy BBS's in the state of indiana? i can call anywhere in
the state using university modems for nothing, so that would be a good thing
for me...

thanks for all the help!

-mikeIn article <92352.112655RFM@psuvm.psu.edu>, RFM@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> In article <BzE0Gw.M60@acsu.buffalo.edu>, miskines@acsu.buffalo.edu (Robert J.
> Miskines) says:
>>
>>Strange, A friend of mine owns a 4P.. has a .standard. 25-pin female D
>>on the back.. Ive hooked his machine to 4 different modems, and via a
>>null modem, to my PC..
>>
> Since I no longer have my 4p, I can't check this out. On the one I
> just sold, the printer port was an edge connector; I seem to recall that
> serial port also was edge, but I could be wrong.
> Too late to worry about it now however; all my 4p stuff went out the door
> yesterday! :-)  But I kinda miss it - even if all it's done is take up
> space for the last few years. It was/is a good machine for what it is.
> I've often wondered where trs80 line would be today if somebody had
> Tandy or somebody had supported/promoted development of 16- and 32-bit
> versions of Z80.... GAD! What would I be running today? - A Z80486???
> 
> BobM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: karsten@ultrax.alf.dec.com (Kimberly Karsten)
Subject: 1000/tl2 questions
Reply-To: karsten@ultrax.alf.dec.com (Kimberly Karsten)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 12:50:35 GMT


--
  I have a Tandy 1000/TL2 system with the 20 meg idc smart drive.
What I would like to know is there any vendors other than Tandy were I
can get a bigger drive. Last time I check with tandy they wanted $300+ for
the 40 meg version of the drive. I feel that 100 a meg is quit high.

  I was also told by my local  Radio Shack  person that I could not
use a standard parallel port board as tandy used a extra line on theirs
that one else used. Is this true.



Thank you 
\


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden)
Subject: Re: The answers to many Tandy questions.
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 02:56:27 GMT

> OK, then why can't my sister get 8-inch floppies for her model 2 anymore?
> Dave Hinz  -  Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's.  Obviously.
 
They can still be found, though I doubt you'll find any from Radio Shack.
You should be able to run any IBM compatible 8" floppies on your Model 2, 
you may need to get a replacement drive cable, as the original probably 
has pins pulled for disk addressing, and todays drives use a jumper 
located on the disk itself.  You may also want to use the newer 3 1/2" 
drives instead of the larger 8" drives.  They hold more data and will run 
without the need of any other special modifications, again, you may need 
to replace the drive cable.  I would suggest calling Computer News 80 
magazine, they have an incredible staff as well as almost any part you'll 
ever need for you TRS-80.
    CN80 Magazine
    (307) 265-6483
    PO Box 680
    Casper, Wyoming 82602-0680
From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Read TRS-80 disks on 1.2Meg IBM drive ????
Date: 14 Dec 1992 22:31:54 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4

In article <1992Dec6.044122.9125@qiclab.scn.rain.com> Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org writes:
>You *can* make it work, because there are programs that read CoCo
>disks on the IBM. And they are *very* similar in format and layout
>to Model 100 disks. 

Are you refering to the 5.25" M100 Disk Video Interface disks or the
3.5" Portable Disk Drive disks?  Is there a program someplace
to read and write the 3.5" disks?
--
<-:(= Anthony Stieber	anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu   uwm!uwmcsd4!anthony
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: stwombly@cs.ulowell.edu (Stephen P. Twombly)
Subject: Question........
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:12:16 GMT

Does anyone know how to make the up-arrow repeat the last command(s)???  

Mine used to do it but doesn't any more....

email stwombly@cs.ulowell.edu

Thanks in advance...
From: rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller, Linux Device Registrar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Asking for hand-outs...
Date: 15 Dec 1992 20:31:09 GMT
Organization: Just me.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.2.33

The school which my church supports got two Tandy 6000's for free.  (Some
company, I don't know which, must've got a tax write-off or something...)
Unfortunately, the Mac-oid who tried to get them running was pretty clueless.
He went off to South Carolina, and the whereabouts of the 8-inch system disks
and manuals are unknown... I don't even know if he ever had them.

Starting from the present situation (Have: hardware.  Haven't: doc's/disks),
and working upon the same principle (donations rather than cash purchases),
I'd like to get these things up and running (Xenix) for the school kids.

I'll be probing into the original source of these donated machines, but I'm
not counting on finding much.  What I'll need is:

Xenix (2.1? I've heard that 3.2 needs hardware mod's...)
	I'll need the boot floppy and whatever else to start completely
	from scratch... the 15Mb hard drives don't seem to be formatted.

ANY DEVELOPMENT STUFF - The idea is to teach the kids programming.  C, BASIC,
	Pascal...  Heck, I'd even take Fortran or <ugh> assembly! (Of course,
	'C' would be ideal...  I don't want to teach them a 'toy' language.)

DOCUMENTATION - Manuals for Xenix, hardware manuals, *anything*.

Since this school (Badger State Christian School) is a ministry of Faith
Baptist Church, all donations are tax deductible.  I'd be more than happy to
pay the shipping costs and even throw in something extra for your trouble.

Please contact me at the below e-mail address (or at +1 414 221 3403) if
you're interested in helping out some completely computer-illiterate kids.

Rick Miller   <rick@ee.uwm.edu> | <rick@discus.mil.wi.us>   Ricxjo Muelisto
Occupation:  Husband, Father, WEPCo. WAN Mgr., Discus Sys0p, and  Linux fan
From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: 1000/tl2 questions
Date: 18 Dec 92 22:37:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: qiclab.1992Dec18.223705.19662
Reply-To: Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.

karsten@ultrax.alf.dec.com (Kimberly Karsten) writes:

>  I have a Tandy 1000/TL2 system with the 20 meg idc smart drive.
>What I would like to know is there any vendors other than Tandy were I
>can get a bigger drive. Last time I check with tandy they wanted $300+ for
>the 40 meg version of the drive. I feel that 100 a meg is quit high.

>  I was also told by my local  Radio Shack  person that I could not
>use a standard parallel port board as tandy used a extra line on theirs
>that one else used. Is this true.

You can use *any* XT interface IDE drive. Please note that "XT". The 
AT interfacer IDe drives won't work.

I wound up buying from Tandy because I could walk in and buy it. Mail
order drives were all of $25 -$509 cheaper. It wasn't worth it.

BTW, the 40 meg drive Tandy is selling now is switchable between XT
interface (what the TL series uses) and the AT interface (what most
other machines use). So it's worth it.

Do note that *small* drives are very expensive. 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: meyer@dbsun.uucp (Don Meyer)
Subject: Re: need TRS80 Model 4P stuff
Organization: BioMerieux-Vitek, St. Louis Mo.
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:40:07 GMT


As far as I know, all of them used an edge connector for the parallel
printer port and a standard DB-25 for the serial port.

Don

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
From: leonard@coyote.datalog.com (Leonard Lorden)
Subject: Radio Shack
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 00:15:47 GMT

Well Jason, you are truly one of Radio Shacks finest!  The last time I 
was looking for anything available for my Model 4, the salesperson 
confidently blurted out, "Sorry, that radio has been discontinued".  I've 
been a TRS-80 owner for over 10 years now, and have seen hundreds of 
Radio Shack stores.  I can tell you from experience, as so will countelss 
(err, countless) others, RS is NOT the place to go for answers.  This is 
mainly because the sales people are desprately uneducated on the products 
they are selling.  Perhaps if they had more salespersons like you, who 
even knew what a Model 1 was, RS would have a better reputation.  As it 
stands now, the very best source of info, as well as the fastest, is via 
these networks.  Like you, I've seen these questions over and over, and 
as a Sysop on GEnie in the Tandy RT area, they're just as plentiful 
there.  So there's no doubt that they're not getting the answers they 
need from the local RS dealers.  It's usually better to get the answers, 
and then go to RS and tell the salespeople what you need.
   If you have the influence, perhaps you can pass along this letter to 
Tandy in Fort Worth.  They might learn something here.  I expect matters  
to get even worse with the latest unveiling of their order by phone 
computer service.

                   -=> Leonard <=-
From: kist@acsu.buffalo.edu (james e kist)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Model I/III/4 and Unix
Date: 16 Dec 92 02:22:34 GMT
Organization: UB


	I have a TRS-80 Model 4 Microcomputer, but it can also run as a
ModelI/III. When dialing into the Unix system at my school, I can't use any
of the editors like emacs because there is no entry in termcap for the
Model 4. There is one for the Model I and the Model II, but neither allow
use of full screen editors like emacs. What I need is the characteristics
of the model 4 (how to clear to the end of the line, move up a line, and
any other screen commands). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks alot.
--Jim