TRS-80 without floppy drive

[Fred Cisin]

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
> > (I must get round to fixing my TRS-80, last time I plugged it in it
> > let the magic smoke out... :-( )
> One time when I powered up my Model 4, I got the unmistakable smell of
> burning tantalum capacitor, and magic smoke came out. The darn thing
> continued to boot and has worked fine ever since. I assume a decoupling
> tant decided to go short-circuit, but I've not got round to pulling the
> case to check.

Are you saying that it is OK to continue running a machine without even
checking it out after such a malfunction?