From: utzoo!decvax!cca!STERNLIGHT@Usc-Ecl@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.micro Title: TRS-80 Model 16 Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2009 Posted: Sat Jul 3 14:21:46 1982 Received: Sun Jul 4 01:02:39 1982 I got my Model 16 this week. I am running it with Pickles and Trout CP/M, floppy disk version, same as I used on my Model II. So far, with a few exceptions (below), all my Mod II CP/M software works fine. The only minor annoyance is the Drive not ready message whenever a Tandon drive times out and is then accessed. However, the drive then starts up automatically and the machine continues, without any need to hit return. Of course, I cannot access the second side of each drive yet. I spoke to Pickles and Trout (well, Pickles), and they have their 16 as well. They will support it soon. The support will correct the time-out message and will handle both sides of the Tandon drives. That will be Z80-based. 68000 support has to wait for Digital Research to come up with CP/M for the 68000. Meanwhile keep your eye out for anything else for the 68000. The exceptions. Two programs that use the memory mapping for video display on the Mod II need modifications. They are Wordstar and Vedit. The way to get Wordstar running is to reinstall it and insert the Pickles and Trout screen codes by hand, as indicated in the Wordstar manual. Do not use the Mod II with P&T option in the Wordstar install program. Then it works fine. As for Vedit, it comes with two files for installation on the Mod II; one is for P&T and the second is for everyone else's CP/M. If you install it on the Mod 16 using the second (filename ends in 'g') not the first (filename ends in 'p') it also works fine on the Mod 16. Let me know what you discover as you go along. --david-- -------