From: god_free_jones@yahoo.com   
      
   On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:14:49 -0700, Ira  wrote:   
      
   >There has been a recent uptick in people getting TRS-80's only to find   
   >out that the disk drives do not work AFTER getting diskettes.   
   >   
   >Does anyone know how to get as good a gauge as to whether the floppy   
   >drive works or not, short of having a boot disk?   This applies to Model   
   >I and III/4.   
      
   See how well it reads a non-boot disk.   
      
   >Thanks!   
      
   Barry   
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