Date   : Mon, 02 Nov 1992 19:47:41 EST
From   : eudoh@st6000.sct.edu (Etop Udoh)
Subject: TRS-80 to MSDOS....

hi,

   As far as I know, the Model 4/4D/4P will run CP/M without any other
modifications, as opposed to at least the Model III which I'm aware of
which requires a hardware board....forgot who makes it....

   Anyway, theres a program/utility called supercross XT or something
of that nature which allows you to read and write other operating systems
including MSDOS but this runs under the MOdel III operating system and
Model 4 Trsdos.....
 
   For CP/M, there's a customized CP/M called Montezuma Micro CP/M
which comes with a system configuration program which allows you to read
, write and format different kinds of CP/M disks on your model 4 and it
also takes into consideration what kind of floppy you have, single sided,
double sided, quad density (80 track), etc....
   By the way, this is CP/M 2.2 which is far superior to Radio Shack's
 CP/M 3.0......and also available (don't know where you can find it these
days ) for this CP/M is "Monte's Toolkit" which includes disk formating
and reading utilities, including a virtual file utility for moving files
between CP/M, TRSDOS, or MSDOS.....

  As for the latter program, Supercross XT, I believe there was also an
Ibm/tandy version which allowed you to read TRS-80 disks on a DOS machine...

  The CP/M 2.2 is still currently available from a company somewhere......
the information escapes me at the moment, but I know places that still sell
TRS-80 Software and hardware


   current updated stuff available for this defunct line of computers are:
 
  mouse
  3 1/2" floppies
  realtime clocks
  conversion for gif files to TRS-80 high res-graphics board format
  mouse to keyboard interface
  mouse drivers...
  external drive modification using the 50 pin rear connector


  I myself have (my original computer), a TRS-80 4P, non-gate array,
 128k, high-res graphics card, and other hardware modifications...

  As far as communications programs, there's quite a bit in public
domain, including XModem and Kermit standalone programs....

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