Comments on: TRS-80 Computers: TRS-80 Model II http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress TRS-80 Revived Site by Ira Goldklang's is an archive of everything related to the Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 microcomputer lines. Site contains emulators, programs, manuals, books, patches, games, hints, discussions, questions, forums, and tons more. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:22:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brian http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/trs-80-computer-line/model-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-2750 Brian Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:03:04 +0000 http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/?page_id=1551#comment-2750 Just happened on this site and this brings back memories. Back when I opened my accounting office I had a II with 3 disk bay with the 3 disc ledger, Multiplan and Scripsit plus Westlaw. At the time is another firm had a computer it was usually a PDP-11 or an IBM Systems 3. A few years later I went to law school and added a Model 100 with a disc drive and took notes, did papers and homework on it and then downloaded it to the II for final format and printing. The 100 was the 1st computer any student had ever brought on campus and it had to go to a committee to get permission to use it. On opening my law office, I upgraded to a 16 with 3 HDs and Xenix with their chain printer and 5 Wyse 100 terminals, one in each office. I added Precedent that was the first and for some years only true law office integrated system and Profile Plus plus converted the existing programs to Xenix versions. The system ran 24/7 for some years until long after RS stopped selling them and notified me they would not longer support repairs. I switched to SCO Xenix and a 80286 based server as it was supported by Precedent and West and though I could switch to other apps, these were key and core to the office. Scripsit was switched to Lyrix as RS never delivered the Scripsit for the 3000 Xenix that would have worked with the setup and discontinued Multiplan in favor of Visicalc so I went to SCO Professional. The 16 went to my desk and I used it as a standalone computer and also had it hooked to the office system. It continued to run with not downtime 24/7 until I retired. The 80286 during that time went through a HD so the 16 proved more reliable. As a result of Xenix and TRS-DOS I missed the MS/IBM DOS and 3.x days and my first experience was with Win95. In '92 I bought a new mag with an operating system named Linux and scratched my head. Today, it is amazing to see how far is has come, the total loss of Xenix and the near loss of UNIX as well as the implosion of SCO and MS-Xenix and MS-UNIX. Today if I did not have to have specific apps requiring Windows, I'd be using Linux. From time to time I still think foundly about the II, 16 and 100 computers and just how great they were. Perfect, well noting is perfect but back then they were as close as you could get to a computer given the technology during their development. I could easily still use them for almost all of my computer work other than the tax apps I have to have. In fact Precedent is still as in spec as any law office program today out there unless you start considering hang ons such as Outlook. Thank you for the memories. Just happened on this site and this brings back memories. Back when I opened my accounting office I had a II with 3 disk bay with the 3 disc ledger, Multiplan and Scripsit plus Westlaw. At the time is another firm had a computer it was usually a PDP-11 or an IBM Systems 3. A few years later I went to law school and added a Model 100 with a disc drive and took notes, did papers and homework on it and then downloaded it to the II for final format and printing. The 100 was the 1st computer any student had ever brought on campus and it had to go to a committee to get permission to use it.

On opening my law office, I upgraded to a 16 with 3 HDs and Xenix with their chain printer and 5 Wyse 100 terminals, one in each office. I added Precedent that was the first and for some years only true law office integrated system and Profile Plus plus converted the existing programs to Xenix versions. The system ran 24/7 for some years until long after RS stopped selling them and notified me they would not longer support repairs. I switched to SCO Xenix and a 80286 based server as it was supported by Precedent and West and though I could switch to other apps, these were key and core to the office. Scripsit was switched to Lyrix as RS never delivered the Scripsit for the 3000 Xenix that would have worked with the setup and discontinued Multiplan in favor of Visicalc so I went to SCO Professional.

The 16 went to my desk and I used it as a standalone computer and also had it hooked to the office system. It continued to run with not downtime 24/7 until I retired. The 80286 during that time went through a HD so the 16 proved more reliable.

As a result of Xenix and TRS-DOS I missed the MS/IBM DOS and 3.x days and my first experience was with Win95. In ’92 I bought a new mag with an operating system named Linux and scratched my head. Today, it is amazing to see how far is has come, the total loss of Xenix and the near loss of UNIX as well as the implosion of SCO and MS-Xenix and MS-UNIX. Today if I did not have to have specific apps requiring Windows, I’d be using Linux.

From time to time I still think foundly about the II, 16 and 100 computers and just how great they were. Perfect, well noting is perfect but back then they were as close as you could get to a computer given the technology during their development. I could easily still use them for almost all of my computer work other than the tax apps I have to have. In fact Precedent is still as in spec as any law office program today out there unless you start considering hang ons such as Outlook.

Thank you for the memories.

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