Date   : Thu, 19 Oct 1989 07:18:10 GMT
From   : spdcc!merk!alliant!linus!nixbur!nixpbe!peun11!josef@BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU (Moellers)
Subject: Hard Disk Drivers

umrose05@ccu.umanitoba.ca writes:


>   I currently run Cpm 2.2 for my Trs-80 model 4, but have noticed
>that it doesn't support a hard drive. I was wondering if anyone out there
>knows what I have to do to be able to use my hard drive.

This sounds like a trivial answer, but the details are not:
Simply 8-{) write a new BIOS / change Your existing BIOS.
If nobody else can help You, I have the source code for a BIOS which
supports SCSI hard disks. I might dig into it to find the exact
mechanism to switch from floppy to hard-disk.


               Josef Moellers

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