From: richvh@citlink.net   
      
   Herb Oxley wrote:   
   > Thanks for posting that, Frank - the TRS-80 4P was my first 'desktop'   
   > computer which I bought back around 1985 when T/RS was trying to get rid   
   > of them (my experience with its less than robust display coupled by   
   > RS marketing practises really soured me on Tandy hardware).   
   > It was worth while though as a learning experience :)   
   >   
   > I really wish Logical Systems/MISOSYS had offered an LS-DOS/86 for the   
   > IBM-PC platform (with enhancements to take advantage of the additional RAM   
   > and address space ); anyone hazard a guess why that never happened?   
   >   
   > So which entity would care at this late date about the code in the TRS   
   > ROMS (MODELA/III)?   
   > Microsoft? Whoever wound up with the bankrupt corpse of AST?   
   >   
   > Was the BASIC in the TRS-80 I/III ROMS a work-for-hire where Tandy had all   
   > the rights;   
   > or did Microsoft retain rights ?   
   >   
   My understanding is that the Model I Level II BASIC was licensed from   
   Microsoft, but the Model III Basic was an in-house production (though I   
   may be wrong.)   
      
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