Date   : Sun, 15 Jan 1989 16:27:59 CST
From   : mknox@emx.utexas.edu (Margaret H. Knox)
Subject: TRS-80 Model-II hard disks

Richard,

  To answer some of your questions:

There are a number of sources for new/used hard disks for the Model-II,
-12,-16, and -6000.  Pacific Exchange sells them, as does Kilgore's
Electronics (Ft. Worth, TX).  Computer Shopper also has ads, both 
display and classified, from folks with drives to sell.  There is now
everything from 8.7 mbyte drives up to 70 mbyte (and I know some
folks using the 12 Mbyte controllerr with a 330 mbyte drive).

Most of the machines will boot directly from the hard disk (if 
available, and with the boot track software written).  Some of the
older Model-II's did not come with the boot rom for the hard disk.
On those models you have the choice of finding a new boot rom, or 
of booting first from floppy, then telling it so switch to the hard
disk.  [Note:  This is also what you do if you want to partition the
hard disk for both CP/M and TRSDOS or CP/M and XENIX.  You set it up
to boot TRSDOS/XENIX directly, or use the floppy to link to the CP/M
partition of the hard disk.]

Holler if I can help.
                                               


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