> Is it likely there is one of those little batteries on it that would
> now be dead and need replacing before I try to use it?

If it has a battery, it'd be on an add-on board, so check to make sure there 
aren't leakers, but otherwise no.

Your more likely issue will be shorted tantalums. It's a 256K XT motherboard in 
there.
 
> And, also, would this have a floppy controller on it that was capable
> of reading and writing disks from systems like the TRS-80 with an SD
> boot track?

Almost certainly no, if it has the external floppy connector (37-pin D-SUB). 
There were third party controllers that will.

Thanks,
Jonathan

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