From: larry_fosdick@hotmail.com   
      
   "Christopher Noyes"  wrote in message   
   news:C0778538.F393%cnoyes72@sbcglobal.net...   
   > On 4/28/06 5:31 AM, in article e2snhl$17de$1@otis.netspace.net.au, "John   
   > Whitelock"  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> Go for a 4P, mine has been faultless since new.  Gate Array, now with   
   >> 128k   
   >> Ram, Hi-Res Board, three 3-1/2" drives.   
   >> JohnW   
   >   
   >   
   >  How did you manage 3 floppy drives in a 4P?  I thought they only   
   > supported   
   > two drives (2 internal, no external connection, unlike the 4 and 4d)?   
   >   
   > -CN   
      
   In the HW Mods section of www.trs-80.com, there are instructions on the   
   changes needed to add external floppy drives.  They are different for the   
   gate array version and the older version.  I modified a gate array 4P for   
   external drives.  Just a few jumpers and a new cable.   
      
   Larry   
      
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