Re: Model3 Level 1 rom?
- From: "jim" <jim@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:24:03 -0400
Well Mike, I was *almost*> as cheap as you. I had to get a LOAN to
afford the Model III with 16k & Level 2 ROM, at $999 in early '82..
And then I realized I had no way to save my "brilliant" programming, so I
sprung for a CCR-81 cassette deck...no way could I afford an "RS first disk
add-on" at about 800 bucks!
I suffered thru that nonsense for 6 months until I discovered Exatron's
Model 3 Stringy Floppy. It cost $225, but what a revelation! I could
actually load a 5kB program in about 40 seconds! Hah--I was ecstatic!! Of
course I had to upgrade memory to 48k...got it from Level IV Systems in
Michigan I think, about 60% of the RS price.
But dammit Mike...I never got that coveted 48k medallion! Wanna sell
yours? I know people would be impressed by knowing I have "48,000 characters
of memory" as early RS catalogs said.
Fun memories, but seems a tad ridiculous now.
But I still enjoy my 2 Model III's, the Stringy Floppy, Orch-90 and the SVD
box I bought last year to connect PCs to 80s..
--jim
Mike wrote:
Actually, I think I had one.
I ordered the cheapest way I could for my Model III, and if the cost of
the INDIVIDUAL ROM chips was less than the difference from Level 1
to Level 2, I can tell you right now I ordered it as a Level 1. I do
remember that it ended up being a special order. (I had bought it through
a friends
'franchise store' in PA but managed to get the warehouse to ship it to
my office in the tower direct. That caused me a bit of a hassle when
people found out what I was doing.)
I then stuffed it and upgraded everything myself. Buying stuff like the
'tower' panels for the disk drives and scrounging hardware and stuff
elsewhere. Memory from RFI. I think the only parts of my Model III
that were Tandy after the base unit were the chips for Level 2, the
wiring and interconnect harnesses for the drives and RS-232, the second
power supply, and eventually the 'towers' for the drives, which at first
were two pieces of paneling... Oh, and of course the '48K' medallion...
What can I say, I was cheap...
Mike
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