Date   : Mon, 07 Jan 1985 17:16:25 GMT
From   : binder%dosadi.dec@BRL-TGR.ARPA
Subject: Info about Royal Alphatronic computer, please

I just bought my daughter a Royal Alphatronic computer to do word processing
on - it came with a tailored version of Peachtext and Peachcalc, and it was
a good buy.  It's a Z80A, 4 MHz, 64K machine with a single 320K dual-sided
disk drive.

Questions:

1.  How do I go about getting Kermit onto this beast?  The disk format is
    not specified by Royal - is 320K on 80 tracks a standard format?  There
    is no info on what disk controller chip(s) the thing uses.

2.  If anyone has used this system, can you tell me how to put Peachtext
    files onto a diskette that isn't the Peachtext system disk?  If I use
    the editor menu option to save files, it doesn't work right - if i go
    to the top-level menu and try to save, it says I have to have the PT
    disk in the drive.

As always, thanks for any assistance.

Dick Binder   (The Stainless Steel Rat)

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